David Thomson talks about movies, memory, Marilyn Monroe
An interview with film historian David Thomson, author of “The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies.”
November 4, 2012
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An interview with film historian David Thomson, author of “The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies.”
More summer tent-pole movies boosted Sony Pictures’ results in the quarter ended Sept. 30, but the studio still suffered in comparison to the same period last year.
Deal includes new series of ‘Star Wars’ movies Walt Disney Co.
Pop & Hiss gets an exclusive premiere of Petra Haden’s a cappella take on ‘Psycho,’ part of her new album ‘Petra Goes to the Movies’ coming in January. L.A. indie-rock iconoclast Petra Haden is tapping a childhood musical pastime in her new album coming out early next year, “Petra Goes to the Movies,” which finds her singing classic movie themes.
Happy Scary Movie Week! It’s a tradition here at P&P to spend some time Halloween week, as the shadows lengthen and the leaves dance in the chill wind, talking about movies that scare us. Two years ago, a poll told us that your all-time favorite scary movies are, in order, “The Shining,” “The Exorcist,” “Psycho,” “The Haunting” (1963 version), and “The Changeling”; a year ago, a poll focusing on …
Warner will let Redbox offer its DVDs and Blu-ray discs 28 days after they go on sale, the same “window” followed by most other major studios. Unable to get the rest of Hollywood behind its plan to make Redbox wait nearly two months after movies go on sale to rent them, Warner Bros. has compromised with the DVD kiosk giant.
The Tea Party Patriots will mail “The Determinators” to more than 350,000 undecided voters.
With a tightly contested presidential election less than a month away, the successful right-wing documentary “2016: Obama’s America” will begin playing outside of theaters at the earliest possible moment.