Esquire cool interview with the director of John Wick: Chapter 2, a former stuntman
Stage Buddy on a new book about the immortal classic Casablanca
Vox an excellent piece on AMC's Humans and how it differs from HBO's similarly AI themed but wildly different Westworld
NYT Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy to return to the stage
Indie Wire Tulip Fever gets pushed back AGAIN even though it was supposed to open in less than two weeks
Silver Screening Room on the Adapted Screenplay race of 1976 for reasons I dont know but I enjoyed
More after the jump including Avengers Infinity War...
Day one of what promises to be a year of fun-filled lensing."
Have you seen this promo on the start of production for Avengers: Infinity War? Look, Robert Downey Jr's sarcasm is part of his performance shtick so it doesn't necessarily mean anything that he seems annoyed to be there. On the other hand the air quotes on "fun-filled lensing" don't exactly instill confidence either.
And Marvel Studio bigwigs promising the best villain ever. This is not exactly a high bar if you've seen Marvel Studios films. They make good movies but they keep failing this particular test within them. I wanted to love this promo. I want to be excited (I have enjoyed all Avengers movies and all Captain America movies especially. But it felt like being doused with cold war instead. Strange.
Off Cinema
Buzz Feed a webcomic of gay firsts. It's kind of lovely
Michael Musto checks in on Broadway happenings (with Jake Gyllenhaal & Glenn Close) and counts down the best black male models of all time
A Brilliant Idea
Someone should pull a WICKED on SINGING IN THE RAIN: tell the whole story from Lina Lamont's perspective. (Suggested casting Busy Phillips.)
— emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 13, 2017
Politics (with occasional Movie connections)
HuffPo "in a world of storm troopers, be Leia"
Browbeat Shia Labeouf's anti-T**** installation at the Museum of the Moving Image shut down due to lots of controversy and policing issues and white supremacists and Labeouf's own
22 Words every state in the Union described in one bitter sentence. I LOL'ed a few times.
Washington Beacon a realization by a Trump defender that Trump defenders are idiots
The New Yorker a sobering but brilliant piece "Our Part in the Darkness" about Who We Are as Americans