“Tár” not only got made and released—a fact that seemed to confound its writer-director—but has inspired vigorous discussion, whether about its insights into sexual abuse and cancel culture, or about the theory that its final act occurs in the protagonist’s mind. - The New Yorker
"When the French director Alice Diop attended the trial of Fabienne Kabou, a woman who left her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to drown, she wasn't intending to make a movie." - The New York Times
"I don't think you could have talked about the corrupting nature of power in as nuanced away as Todd Field has done as a filmmaker if there was a male at the centre of it because we (already) understand so absolutely what that looks like." - The Independent (UK)
"Now, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced a new project: restoring hundreds of never-before-heard sound recordings made by Bell and his fellow researchers between 1881 and 1892 at Volta Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and Bell’s property in Baddeck, Nova Scotia." - Smithsonian Magazine
Without Iron Man, there's a leader-shaped hole at the center of all of the various stories. Is Paul Rudd really supposed to fill that hole? - The Guardian (UK)
The list of those testing positive and missing Sunday's Critics Choice Awards, a few days after the Golden Globes, included nominees Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, "head cheerleader" Jamie Lee Curtis, and planned presenter Michelle Pfeiffer. - The Hollywood Reporter
Six producers of potential Oscar contenders explain why they did it anyway. Says the producer of Banshees of Inisherin, "Your aim is to be invisible and make sure that nothing interrupts" the director's process. - Los Angeles Times
Marlee Matlin, Billy Porter, and Michael Chiklis discovered the other side of the camera with TV episodes in a new series. Chiklis: "One of the wonderful thing about directing is your creative mind really is firing on all cylinders. You’re creating the narrative." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"(Olivia) Hussey has spent the last 50 years not just telling the story of how the nude scene came to be shot, but defending it. … Are they imagining that, had the movie been made without the nude scene, they would have had better careers? Because … why?" - San Francisco Chronicle
"Edison Research's quarterly analysis of the top genres shows Comedy continues to have the most listeners. The bigger surprise could be that despite the fall election season, the News genre lost ground. It slid back to third place (behind) the all-encompassing Society & Culture." - Inside Radio
Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources: "Update: The Twitter wildfire is at 44 billion acres and 0% contained." NE Ohio Regional Sewer District: "now that sports betting is legal in ohio please remember we’ve been throwing your money down the drain for 50 years with much better returns" - The Guardian
