Hi folks! Reverse Shot Talkies #5: Cédric Klapisch is now up, courtesy of our friends at indieWIRE. Enjoy!
Read More »Something had to give at Disney. But motion picture chief Dick Cook was such a fixture at the studio that despite Disney chairman Robert Iger's public complaints about the quality of the movies, I figured production chief Oren Aviv would be the target. Disney's output has been suspect ever since Aviv replaced Nina Jacobson at the studio. Cook, who over 38 years rose up through the ranks to run distribution before he took over running movies, was clearly comfortable with Aviv, who came from the marketing side, but had written the high-concept hit, National Treasure. So Cook and Aviv were both strong marketers, but hit a rough box office patch in the last year.
Read More »There was plenty to see in Toronto. Here's how the films shook out for me.
Read More »If industry-watchers didn't see it coming, they figured it out at this year's Toronto Film Festival.
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