John and Matthew are watching every single live-action film starring Meryl Streep.
#16 — Mary Fisher, a frivolous romance novelist who steals the husband of a dowdy housewife.
JOHN: For such a tepid and unruly film, She-Devil enjoys quite an outsized reputation. Considered by many to be the nadir of Streep’s early career and one of her worst performances, She-Devil is also a Streep turn that is often reblogged context-free online, which makes sense when one considers its outre, GIF-ready moments of ironic femininity and gaudy Real Housewives of Long Island aesthetic that some might consider ahead of its time. Having seen these images of Streep’s Mary Fisher before watching the film, I had anticipated fun kitsch or perhaps even smart camp. Roseanne’s film debut! Susan Seidelman with a budget! Meryl’s comedy vehicle to silence the critics! But these are promises that She-Devil most certainly does not keep...
• RackedTitanic's necklace almost bankrupted a whole company! • My New Plaid Pants geeking out over Ms. Laura Dern who spoke to NYC at the Film Society of Lincoln Center recently • Deadline an interview with the great production designer Santo Loquasto on Wonder Wheel • Out Ryan Murphy's Boys in the Band Broadway Revival has cast a bunch of its players already and it's basically all the famous gays: Charlie Carver, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Zachary Quinto some of whom at least have stage experience. • The Muse talks to Glenn Close who has some interesting things to say about gossip, Harvey Weinstein, and being an older actor in Hollywood
• Indie Wire on the multi-pronged creative casting efforts for The Florida Project • Vanity Fair interviews Joe Wright of Darkest Hour, Atonement, Pride & Prejudice fame • Variety the Roseanne reunion sitcom will start airing March 27th. Wheeee • Mubi on the Berlinale lineup or February 2018 • / Film If you only think of Disney/Fox merger in terms of superheroes, you'll probably be overjoyed • Vox remembering what might be 2017's signature movie scene "No Man's Land" in Wonder Woman • Broadway World the cast of Cats posing with adoptable felines. Awww • Variety that young JRR Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult has wrapped. Biopics aren't always Oscar favorites anymore but we shall see. • Film School Rejects looked at new releases of old movies on dvd: Election, China Moon and more • Deadline TV/film producer Martin Ransohoff has died. Among his credits The Sandpiper, The Cincinatti Kid, The Beverly Hilbillies and Jagged Edge
Star Wars Time Again • The Verge thinks Rogue One is about net neutrality • /Film 10 the greatest female characters in the Star Wars universe (wait, there are ten?) • Vanity Fair the plea for LGBT characters in the Star Wars movies and why they've been ignored
Exit Video James Corden's Crosswalk the Musical welcomes The Greatest Showman's Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron
Went a little overboard today but we were behind on news plus the Emmys happened!
The Daily Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) --sorry we didn't cover this (!) but it happened in the midst of TIFF international flights and such My New Plaid Pants good Orlando Bloom-ing morning to ya My New Plaid Pants dueling Call Me By Your Name magazine covers Junkee please don't call Call Me By Your Name "universal" Women and Hollywood distribution deal for Emma Thompson in The Children Act marked for 2018
Lots more after the jump including mother! takes, Emmy aftermath, I Tonya, and the Younger season finale...
Cartoon Brew utterly savage (but 100% correct) on the Emoji Movie trailer LA Review of Books on Netflix's Sense8 as metaphor for Netflix is. (I have no idea why a book site is reviewing this but the piece is absolutely terrific) LA Times talks to Robin Swicord, only now with a second feature (Wakefield) long after the success of The Jane Austen Book Club. Her debut was profitable (always Hollywood's end goal) but Hollywood wouldn't hire her to direct? We've heard this story all too often!
Screen Daily in terrible terrible news they're still not going to let the once genius but totally played out Terminator franchise die and Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron plan to be involved in the next one. Doesn't anyone in Hollywood want to do something original even more? It's not like Cameron couldn't get funding for literally ANYTHING he wanted to do. (sigh) Film School Rejects on Disney's self cannabilization and the particular folly of trying it with Fantasia Variety TV is invading Cannes with many auteurs now doing both Vulture Tilda Swinton and Steven Yeun on making art in the new impossible-to-avoid-politics era AV Club Janelle Monáe and Leslie Mann are joining Steve Carell in Robert Zemeckis's next film MNPP Tom Hardy to play Spider-Man villain Venom in a standalone film Jezebel the only reporting on the Roseanne revival which includes Luis Buñuel asides Cinematic Corner visual parallels between Logan and Mad Max: Fury Road Hugh Jackman 'see you soon Japan' - he's still on his Logan promo tour! Out people are still shook about that shocking Drag Race elimination. (I rewatched it and it's astonishing how furious you can tell RuPaul is at Valentina for making her job so difficult)
Just For Fun My Giant Nerd Boyfriend "Horror Movies" (I'm absolutely in love with this webcomic about this Asian girl with a super tall boyfriend) Cards Against Humanity - cool story from the Emerald City comic con floor
Sage Advice Daily Actor "18 Ways to Self-Tape Like a Pro" - smart ideas here about self-taped auditions (which are increasingly popular
Twin Peaks is here! Twin Peaks Season 3 begins today so it's probably a good idea to reacquaint yourself with the previous two seasons and Fire Walk With Me. If you don't have time to rewatch them (*raises own hand in solidarity*) there are articles around to jog your memory. Unicorn Booty recaps where several storylines left off at the end of Season 2, and K Austin Allen of The Ringer takes a deep dive into the movie prequel that was honestly kind of reviled back in 1992 but has since grown rather beloved amongst Lynch fans and cinephiles. Perfect anecdotal evidence from my own life: my best friend who was an absolute Twin Peaks nut in the 90s and then hated Fire Walk With Me which we saw together in 1992. I saw him yesterday -- he had just rewatched it was like 'Have you ever watched Fire Walk With Me again? I remember hating it, somehow, but it's incredible!'
Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 9:00AM 
