The Afternoon Report Wednesday, 8 August 2018


Viral Cruise; Starving Sentsov; Walk of Fame Jurisdiction; Grim Robin; Fox Searchlight Oscars; Calder Scoots Twitter Until Alex Jones Goes; Ted Hope On Different Ways; Wherefore Hal; Trier Tries, But, Boy, No Bowie; Oscar Proposal Updates

"And the award for most popular film of 2018 goes to... Black Panther. It grossed $700 million." Charles Mudede “Cruise is one of the few big names to rely almost exclusively on the web. It’s a strategy that other stars of his stature might soon adopt." Wired

"Director Oleg Sentsov, who has been refusing solid food for 87 days calling for the release of political prisoners in Russia, told his sister that the "end is near." His lawyer says his hemoglobin levels are dangerously low." AP "What Is the Grimmest Moment in Christopher Robin?" Vulture



John Bailey Reelected Academy President The Reporter
"Walking out of the superb Madeline's Madeline, I thought Helena Howard was the future of American screen acting. Talking with her confirmed it. This girl is the real goddamn deal." Charles Bramesco

"Decker built the picture around Howard after seeing her at a teen performance contest in New Jersey. Much of what’s onscreen was developed out of improvisations with the young actress and others. But whereas directors like Mike Leigh use this form of collaboration to create self-contained works of immersive realism, Decker deconstructs the very nature of a closed work of art." Bilge Ebiri
Lars von Trier and a Lifetime Spent Imitating David Bowie DAZED

"I think Lars Von Trier is a fraud. I think that Lars Von Trier is a commercial director. He has the skills and the intelligence and the capacity and the talent of a copywriter of a great commercial advertising agency. He’s like that for me. He is one of the most important advertisers in the world. He’s like the thirteen-year-old boy who wants to impress the mother by putting his finger in his own shit. That’s him. I’m not interested in that boy, and I’m not interested in that shit. Basically, I’m bored watching his movies. And I think this redundant, boring use of narcissism against women and this mysogonism… Lars Von Trier is irrelevant, and I’ve spent too many words to describe this cinema." Luca Guadagnino Via Miriam Bale

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