The growing strength of The Weinstein Company (see previous post), after its slow start following the departure of Harvey and Bob Weinstein from Miramax, will no doubt be confirmed by its release of the new Quentin Tarantino film, Django Unchained. Not surprising that Tarantino has remained loyal to the brothers, who played a key role in building his career, just as Miramax profited greatly from his presence during its heyday under Disney. TWC is wasting no time in trying to build expectation for the film, either, with a teaser trailer now released, many months before it’s due to open at Christmas. Some more details about the film can be found on a blog at The Guardian. It’s already provoking some debate about its handling of issues relating to race, following past Tarantino controversies in similar territory, as reported by Indiewire. Notable, though, that it’s a co-production with Sony/Columbia, rather than solely a TWC venture. The deal involves a typical split, with Sony co-financing and distributing overseas and TWC handling the US release.
industry/insider sources
trade press & related sources
various film blogs, online journals, resources
- Audiovisuality – online video essays
- Bright Lights Film Journal
- Cineaste
- David Bordwell and Kristen Thompson, Observations on Film Art
- Film Courage
- Film Studies For Free
- FilmSlate magazine
- Indiewood/Hollywoodn't
- j.j. murphy on independent cinema
- Jump Cut
- Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism
- Open access film studies books available online, list from Film Studies For Free
- Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies
- Raindance resources
- Scope: An Online Journal of Film and TV Studies
- Screening the Past
- Sense of Cinema
- The Chutry Experiment – Chuck Tryon
- Wide Screen
- Zigzigger: On the Audiovisual and Beyond (Michael Z. Newman)