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Every Frame a Painting’s Tony Zhou explores the evolution of Chuck Jones in a new video essay:
Rick Alverson‘s Entertainment (review) will hit theaters and VOD on November 13th via Magnolia.
The Telegraph‘s Olly Richard chronicles how the directors Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow directors saw Hollywood’s future – then got left behind:
Shortly after completing their first movie, in 2004, Kerry and Kevin Conran received an invitation from George Lucas. The Star Wars mastermind would be hosting a summit at Skywalker Ranch, his production facility-cum-small town in San Francisco, gathering some of the most forward-thinking people in the movie business to discuss the future of film.
James Cameron was there, as were Robert Zemeckis and Brad Bird. The brothers were newcomers, but that day they were treated as peers; each of their fellow directors told the Conrans how impressed they were with what they’d accomplished. Their work, they were told, was way ahead of its time.
Watch Mike Leigh discuss Here is Your Life, now on Criterion:
Mike D’Angelo defends the first person review:
First of all, I understand the concern. Honestly, I do. Given a long leash, most film critics (or writers of any stripe, really) are apt to become obnoxiously self-indulgent, and the potential for editorial headaches is enormous. It’s definitely easier to just say No across the board than to spend half your day sending freelancers notes explaining why their digression about their high-school prom experience is both unnecessary and distracting. And one can make the case—as the Dissolve editors did—that one can find creative ways to get various ideas across without employing either the first or second person (the latter also being banned in reviews), though said ways will often require one to use the gender-neutral indefinite pronoun “one,” which tends to make one sound like a pompous ass.