Posted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 by David Chen
12 Years a Slave was my favorite film of the year, so I was pretty disappointed when I read in outlets such as The Guardian and Variety that former /Filmcast guest Armond White had heckled Steve McQueen during the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Sure, White was no fan of 12 Years a Slave, as demonstrated in our /Filmcast review of the film with him. But shouting down a man during an evening meant to praise him? It struck me as wildly inappropriate. The Chair of the NYFCC, Joshua Rothkopf, agreed and issued a public apology.
You can listen to some low-quality audio of the incident at Filmlinc.
I asked Armond White to respond to the allegations. I have recorded our conversation and I am releasing it in its entirety as a bonus /Filmcast episode. After the jump, you can download the episode and find some transcribed excerpts from our conversation. Note that this audio file is a combination of two separate recorded files, but none of Armond’s remarks were abridged. You can read Armond’s latest “Better Than” list at CityArts. See also Luke O’Neill’s essay on “The Year We Broke The Internet.”
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Posted on Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 by David Chen
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Posted on Sunday, December 15th, 2013 by David Chen
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Posted on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 by David Chen
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Posted on Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 by David Chen
In Part 5 of our FilmAid broadcast, Matt Singer and C. Robert Cargill join us to discuss what it’s like to go from being a film critic to being a screenwriter. Cargill’s Sinister is out on Blu-Ray and DVD. You can find Matt Singer’s work at The Dissolve.
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