The first draft of The Post was written by Liz Hannah, a 31-year-old television writer with one episode of the drama Guidance to her credit. She was paired with Josh Singer—Spotlight’s Academy Award-winning co-writer—for the produced film, but her fingerprints are obvious. Women—secretaries, less-important reporters, spouses—speak whenever there’s an opportunity, and fill the backgrounds of newsrooms, streets, […]
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Outdoor Film Experience proclaims this summer the Summer of Spielberg July 19-August 23
First it was Bill Murray, then it was Johnny Depp, now Steven Spielberg joins the crew of men honoured at the Outdoor Film Experience (rebranded after 12 years from alFresco filmFesto). While I’ve no doubt that Spielberg will bring out the punters (I’ve been watching a lot of Kitchen Nightmares lately), in light of this […]
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Super 8 scratches summer movie itch
Just when you thought we’d gone digital for good, J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) brings Kodak back with a bang. The extraterrestrial mystery unfurls when a pack of preteens shooting a movie —on super 8 film, duh— witnesses an explosive train accident leaving behind countless little “white Rubik’s cubes,” misbehaving electronics and prompts clandestine Air Force […]