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Peter Bart: ‘Poor Things’ Oscar Wins Prove Voters’ New-Found Appetite For Dark Horses
The Greek provocateur seemed to be smiling throughout Oscar night. In the past he'd delivered films with titles like Dogtooth and The Lobster, and his newest, Poor Things, was now stockpiling the statuary even as Hollywood's filmmaking elite looked on…
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Peter Bart: Jack Warner Presaged Trump, Hated Roosevelt, And Might Have Voted For ‘Oppenheimer’ At The Oscars
"That movie was the President's idea, not mine, but it was a demand, not a suggestion."
The speaker was Jack Warner in a 1947 foreshadowing of his Donald Trumpian style. I recalled his remarks this week as I drove onto the Warner Bros lot, the fabled…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Is Partying And Awards Are Flowing, But A Dicey Jobs Outlook Cues Actor Angst
"I despise auditions," Marlon Brando barked as he launched into the audition for his role in The Godfather. It was his idea, I reminded him, so he himself had caused his actors angst, not the studio. (It was, of course, a great audition.)
Actors’ angst…
Peter Bart: In A Buzz-Less Market, Smart New Movies Must Overcome Critics’ Disdain & Audience Torpor
"Uninspired." "Never catches fire." "Non-memorable."
I was sifting through reviews last weekend as the first step in my mission to re-discover the habit of moviegoing. With Barbenheimer finally behind us (well, almost), I decided to see three new movies on successive days – yes, buying tickets and…
Peter Bart: Dream Job? Netflix’s Next Picture Picker Faces Daunting Challenges As Streamer Confronts Tectonic Shifts
"It was a dream job. Except it was the job from hell."
That was the assessment of Michael Ovitz after he was anointed, then dis-anointed, as president of Disney in 1995. The “dream job” lasted barely over a year.
Some insiders reflect on the Ovitz…
Peter Bart: Remembering Truman Capote’s Boozy Swan Dive And His Not-So-Great ‘Gatsby’
Once the hottest writer in town, Truman Capote also was a master at self destruction.
Cut to The Bistro, Beverly Hills circa 1973. Cradling his cocktail, Capote was at once amiable and petulant. I was sitting across from him at the elegant café to…
Peter Bart: The Film Nerds And ‘Barbie’-Phobes Are Here, But That Won’t Stop A Big Oscar Bump
Given the strong slate of this year’s Oscar nominees, the pre-Academy Awards season has been devoid of the intrigues and mud-slinging of previous epochs. Oops! – could a new outbreak of Barbie-phobia break the harmony and bring naysayers out of the shadows?
I already hear a few negative murmurs: Not…
Peter Bart: A Biden-Trump Rematch Dims Cable News Prospects And A Print Media Biz Already In Trouble
"Sequels suck, whether you're making them or watching them." So said one storied filmmaker in rejecting a rich movie deal (details below), and he'd likely react the same if offered Biden vs. Trump.
The New Hampshire primary results this week reinforced…
Peter Bart: Are You Experiential? Hollywood Eyes Spheres And Squid Games As Cinemas And Streamers Struggle
The reminders are relentless, but the mission under-exciting: Academy voting is "obligatory" for members this week. It's time to conjure up those lists of "bests."
OK, I respect the ritual but – candidly — my attention is drifting. Instead of creating…
Peter Bart: It’s Satire Season, When Doctors Maim, Professors Become Fugitives & Barbie Gives Mattel The Business
"Satire is a dangerous game In Hollywood," Billy Wilder once observed. "It invites self-immolation." Still, the satiric spirit looms large in many of this year's buzzworthy movies: American Fiction, Poor Things, Saltburn, Air, The Holdovers and even…
Peter Bart: Could Return Of Monroe Stahr, The Last Tycoon, Pull Hollywood Out Of Its Leadership Malaise?
If Hollywood truly suffers from a leadership malaise, as some charge, would the return of Monroe Stahr resuscitate the system? Filmmakers respect his judgment, stars his panache and investors his discipline, so Stahr's return may ignite a new Irving Thalberg-like era.
Whoops — he's not…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Musicals Pin Hopes On Hard-Won Harmony Between Oscar Voters And Audiences
The sound of music was back with us this week in the form of two polar opposite productions that may intrigue audiences but challenge marketers.
Maestro started streaming on Netflix after auditioning in a (very) few select theaters. Will its…
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