What’s Actually Wrong with the Weinsteins? Part Four: A Letter to Errol Morris
Following an interview with Errol Morris on NPR in 1988 Harvey Weinstein sent a letter to Morris detailing some of the issues he had with the interview. The letter is blunt and incredibly patronising. Morris is one of the most intelligent and eloquent interviewees I have heard and it is precisely the way in which he take … Read more
What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins? Part Three: Kenneth Lonergan on Gangs of New York
In a series of posts I attempt to tackle the question ‘What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins?’ and to document instances of their (possibly) negative effect on the film industry. Read the previous parts here. At a Q&A with Kenneth Lonergan for his latest film, Margaret, about the subject of screenwriting, Lonergan also talked about … Read more
What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins? Part Two: Escape From Planet Earth
In a series of posts I attempt to tackle the question ‘What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins?’ and to document instances of their (possibly) negative effect on the film industry. Read Part One here. Written and directed by Tony Leech and produced by Brian Inerfeld, Escape From Planet Earth was set to be a new … Read more
What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins? Part One: Wu xia
When I heard the news that the Weinsteins had acquired Peter Chan’s Wu xia I responded in the way I normally do upon hearing of the Weinsteins picking up the rights to a new Asian film, mostly with frustration and anger. I was at Cannes, where the film was about to premiere, and had also just found out … Read more