Oscar Stuff
Michelle Yeoh to Receive Toronto Film Festival’s Groundbreaker Award [Variety]
Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson, opens December 2, 2022 [Press release]
Oscar-Winning ‘For the Birds’ Director Ralph Eggleston Dies at 56 [AWN]
‘Bardo’ Spans Multiple Time Periods, Including a Historic 19th Century Battle Sequence [World of Reel]
Movie Stuff
Reframe: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’
This quote from Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Age of Innocence doesn’t directly appear in Martin Scorsese’s 1993 adaptation, but it doesn’t need to. As is necessary in most novels, that line makes explicit what Scorsese suggests through his cinematic canvas. Through colors and light. Through notes of Elmer Bernstein’s haunting and melancholy score. Through fiercely controlled performances boasting longing glances and terrified eyes shielding deeply hidden fears. The Age of Innocence, to me, marks some of Scorsese’s finest hours as a filmmaker. No, not just as a filmmaker. As a true artist. [Clarence Moye, AwardsDaily]
Box Office: ‘The Invitation’ Leads Horrifyingly Slow Weekend With $7M [HR]
Lady in the Lake halts production after hit with extortion threat.
The Baltimore Banner (via Deadline) reported that the extortionists were drug dealers who were seeking $50,000 from production. [Indiewire]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tessa Thompson Lead Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Ash’ [Variety]
Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase Star in ‘Zombie Town’ Mystery Teen Romancer (Exclusive)
Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe nab teen co-leads in the family adventure pic based on R.L. Stine’s book of the same name. [HR]
Other Stuff
MTV Video Awards Winners [HR]
Johnny Depp makes an appearance as a Moon Person [HR]
Netflix Turns 25, Cues Up Nostalgia Reel For Its Red-Envelope Days [Deadline]
Today in Apology culture
Sydney Sweeney thankfully doesn’t apologize (yet) for the attacks by online mobs over a private birthday for her mom.
Lizzo Defender Mike Epps Now Accused of Body-Shaming a Former Employee [Newsweek]
JK Rowling’s novel hits back at her hateful trolls
Her latest crime novel The Ink Black Heart is a riposte to those who fantasise about killing her [the Times]