The WEEKEND Report 19 August 2018

Rich Asians Bank; Gap Leaps; Baz On Secret Cinema R+J; The Passing Of Beloved Filmmaker, Educator Robert Todd; Future For Sydney Pollack Aretha Doc From 1972?; Russia-Imprisoned Ukraine Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov Gives Up Hope; Addressing Netflix "Series Sag"

“This shows — once again, with emphasis — that true diversity matters. Audiences are tired of seeing the same stories with the same characters." Crazy Rich Asians Producer Brad Simpson NYTimes

 "Six other Asian books that should be adapted for the screen" South China Morning Post

 About That Mahjong Scene Jeff Yang; "It’s a mesmerizing set piece that does not appear in Kevin Kwan’s book, but which director Jon M Chu calls the most important in the movie." Emma Dibdin

 James Hong On Stardom At 89 Deadline

 A. O. Scott: Minding the Gap Is an Astonishing Film About American Life NYTimes

 "I very consciously made the movie with an eye to the future and a keen eye will probably note that there is nothing in particular in that movie or any of the other films (technology, etcetera) that can date them."What Baz Luhrmann makes of London's ⁦Secret Cinema⁩’s Romeo + Juliet Vogue UK

 "Lyrical Filmmaker" Robert Todd Was 54 Boston Globe

 The Other Side of the Diva: Will Sydney Pollack's 1972 Aretha Franklin Doc Finally Be Released?Variety

 "I was born in Friday the 13th," begins Oleg Sentsov's short story "Autobiography." "I guess that's why I've had such a fun life." DW; Pardon Denied By Russia DW; "Everything is catastrophically bad. He hardly can get up from bed." Kyiv Post; "His lawyer Dmitry Dinze said Sentsov was "ready to die." SBS

 "I've complained so much recently about streaming drift, badly-paced seasons, and how Netflix dramas don't make episodes that I decided it was time to talk to one of Netflix's executives to see how they feel about the issue." Alan Sepinwall

 "tirzah and mica levi are two of london’s most prodigiously talented musicians" i-D

 Back To The Renaissance in Detroit (And "The Crisis of Beauty") With Dr. Peter Weller artnet

 American Poet Tom Clark Was 77; Also Biographer Of Kerouac, Damon Runyon, John Creeley, Charles Olson And Keats (Told In Verse) Biblioklept

 Beckett's Publisher John Calder: "He received several honours from France, the Order of Arts and Literature and Order of Merit, but none from Britain, other than an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University for services to literature."  The Times

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