The New York Times – Film:
Greta Gerwig, you’re not alone. These artists and films memorably — outrageously in our view — got the brushoff from the academy. We’re still in disbelief.
Category: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Movie)
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Adam Sandler’s ‘Spaceman’ Has an Identity Crisis, Like Many Space Movies
The New York Times – Film:
With the release of Adam Sandler’s odd, middling and expensive new Netflix film, a look at space movie misfires of the past and how history repeats itself.
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X-Wing Model From ‘Star Wars’ Fetches $3.1 Million at Auction
The New York Times – Film:
After Greg Jein, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist, died last year, his friends discovered the prop stashed in a cardboard box in his garage.
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How Strikes Reflect Longstanding Battles for Control in Hollywood
The New York Times – Film:
Striking actors and writers fear A.I. Executives don’t seem to. It’s a longstanding battle over technology and control in Hollywood that plays out onscreen, too.
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Why A.I. Movies Couldn’t Prepare Us for Bing’s Chatbot
The New York Times – Film:
Instead of the chilling rationality of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we get the messy awfulness of Microsoft’s Sydney. Call it the banality of sentience.
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How Five Sci-Fi Movies From 1982 Shaped Our Present
The New York Times – Film:
“Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential.
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Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present
The New York Times – Film:
“Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential.
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Colin Cantwell, ‘Star Wars’ Spacecraft Designer, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Film:
He created the look of the X-wing and the Death Star; he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “WarGames.”