Occupation: Journalist Birth: July 24, 1932
The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector..
We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making..
Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that en….
Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be ….
Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information..
The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process..
That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises..
Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value..
Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it seri….
I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat..
It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity..
Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in Octobe….
Do your homework and stand your ground..
The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, be….
Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and ove….
A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture..
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor i….