• Film Doctor ten notes on the beginning of Psycho (1960)
• The Guardian we love hero Abigail Disney who continues to fight the good fight against the company that makes her one of the 1% - she's now criticizing Disney for laying off workers while protecting executive bonuses of more than 1 billion dollars:
That’d pay for three months’ salary to frontline workers,. And it’s going to people who have already been collecting egregious bonuses for years. Dividends aren’t all bad, given the number of fixed-income folks who rely on them. But still 80% of shares are owned by the wealthiest 10%. Pay the people who make the magic happen with respect and dignity they have more than earned from you. This company must do better.”
"Curated" tv binges, Ghibli backgrounds for your zoom sessions, a sad cut from The Lighthouse, and a new ageist threat for film and tv production after the jump...
• Interview reviews a new Shira Haas movie called Asia. We are so obsessed with Shira Haas right now
• Film School Rejects The Lighthouse almsot included Robert Pattinson's boner
• /Film the latest in the saga of "when will movie theaters reopen. Now everyone is looking to Tenet's release on July 17th as a goalpost.
• Studio Ghibli provides free wallpaper for your next Zoom meeting with backgrounds from Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Spirited Away and more.
• PrimeTimer Joe Reid's brilliant "curated binge" suggestions
• The Hindu interview with filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here, Morvern Callar)
• Deadline completes their interesting countdown of last year's most profitable movies (not always the same as 'highest grossers') but the highest grosser is indeed the top here with Avengers: Endgame entering the all-time list
• Deadline tv shows on "the bubble" (renew or cancel) hopeful as the deadline for such decisions draws near and the shutdown could make launching new shows harder than continuing old ones.
• MNPP Jason is REALLY excited for Nicholas Hoult in The Great
• MUBI Notebook 'Social Distancing' on movie posters
• Cartoon Brew Pixar story artist Rob Gibbs has died at 55. He worked on lots of classics and his daughter was the voice of "Boo" in Monsters Inc (2001)
• /Film Pixar artist showing you how to draw Pixar characters
• Coming Soon after coming so strong out of the gate with comedy, actress turned director Olivia Wilde will take on an all star thriller Dont Worry Darling next.
• Deadline very sobering and frustrating article about the likely problems facing actors over 70 and shows focused on senior casts when Hollywood resumes and everyone worries about "high-risk" groups on set including Grace & Frankie, Star Trek: Picard, and more.