- Karina Longworth has posted a roughly 30 minute podcast about Kim Novak that is a solid listen. There are some audio clips from and brief discussion of The Legend of Lylah Clare, which I reviewed earlier this week.- Clueless writer, part I: A Wolf of Wall Street writer thinks the subject of his movie is genuinely repentant. Even though a significant takeaway from the end of the morally suspect movie is that he isn't sorry at all (and brags about his lack of true punishment).
- Clueless writer, part II: One of Noah's screenwriters was asked why there are no people of color in the film and he gave an utterly oblivious, idiotic answer.
- Amy Nicholson asks whether Pussy Riot can conquer Hollywood.
- The NY Times ran a story by Neal Gabler on Carl Laemmle's efforts to relocate Jews from Germany to the United States in the years before World War II. Two interesting notes: (1) other Jewish studio leaders did not join Laemmle's efforts because they feared a backlash from religious conservatives in the United States; and (2) some American consular officials in Germany actively worked against Laemmle's efforts.- Given the importance of the internet to movie-watching these days, you may want to catch up on the latest evil-doing from the country's big telecom companies. Short version: after collecting massive fees in return for promising to bring broadband to all Americans, the telecoms are now trying to rig the game so they can renege on their promise and keep all the dough anyway.
- In non-film news, the Center for Public Integrity won a well-deserved Pulitzer for their series on miners sick with black lung that are denied benefits by a corrupted system. Read it.
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