
London photo of the day: Harvey Weinstein at London Film Festival
Introducing the secret film tonight: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster.

Introducing the secret film tonight: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster.

I’m guessing that Weinstein Co. suddenly realizes they have a potential Oscar contender on their hands…
If you despair of the lack of smart, mature movies for adults now, just wait till The King’s Speech, reedited for knee-jerk prudes afraid of their own shadows and unable to competently parent their children to explain how words work, makes $100 million at the box office.
Does Hollywood truly intend to be more creative, more original… or is this just a clever new marketing tactic?
Isn’t this like having Quincy Jones review music? Or Catherine de Medici review fine arts? Harvey Weinstein is reviewing movies, at Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast (that’s like Huffington Post, a refuge for all those poor celebrities with no other outlets for their voices, except the Beast does pay, as long as you sign away … more…