5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 18
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 18
A compilation of new and older arts-related articles that you might've missed
On the second Friday of every month, I share a list of arts-related articles (and occasionally podcasts) I’ve recently read that I think you might find illuminating/challenging/inspiring, too. I don’t necessarily agree with everything in each article/episode, but I don’t need to entirely agree with something to think it’s worthy of my time - and, when it comes to art, I encourage you to embrace the same philosophy.
Today’s links come to you in two different sections: Screen & Screen Industry and Fine Art, Music & Page. There aren’t as many as usual, as I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by other writing deadlines. These articles are capped off with some recommendations about arts newsletters to read here on Substack.
Thanks for being part of this arts conversation!
Cole
SCREEN & SCREEN INDUSTRY
Maggie Cheung Walked Away From Acting 20 Years Ago, but Her Legend Endures
By Raymond Ang; GQ
The elusive star of In the Mood for Love and Irma Vep continues to loom over the culture. Greta Lee, Olivier Assayas, and more untangle her mystery.
“Megalopolis” and “Joker: Folie à Deux”; or, The Virtue of Burning Money
By Matt Zoller Seitz; RogerEbert.com
Remembering Maggie Smith: ‘Every day she and Judi would swim in their Victorian swimsuits and every day we would all laugh and laugh’
Ol Parker; The Guardian
Friend of 5AM StoryTalk, writer-director Ol Parker, remembers his friend — one of the greatest British actors to ever live.
Francis Ford Coppola IS The Filmmaker Of The Year
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;And the one we needed this year. Money is NOT the object or barometer.
The Revelatory Tedium of the New “Greatest Film of All Time”
By Jessica Winter; The New Yorker
“Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” rewards your attention by recalibrating it.
This is from 2022, but I enjoyed it very much. I only just got to see this film for the first time, as I’d been holding out until I could discover it on the big screen. And it was very much worth it.
Toxic Fandom: How Hollywood Is Battling Fans Who Are ‘Just Out for Blood’ — From Social Media Boot Camps to Superfan Focus Groups
By Adam B. Vary; Variety
Lionsgate Inks Deal With AI Firm to Mine Its Massive Film and TV Library
By Alex Weprin; The Hollywood Reporter
The deal will see Runway train a new AI model on Lionsgate's film and TV library as the entertainment company uses the tech "to develop cutting-edge, capital-efficient content creation opportunities."
“Content creation”. Seems Lionsgate is telling artists exactly what it thinks of them and their medium.
Jon Stewart Says Streamers Like Apple and Amazon Are Turning Writers’ Rooms Into ‘Ruthlessly Efficient Content Factories’: ‘I Can’t Function Like That’
By Ethan Shanfeld; Variety
FINE ART, MUSIC & PAGE
Where Did All the Book Readers Go?
By
;Horror stories from the publishing business.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
By Rose Horowitch; The Atlantic
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library
Agence France-Presse in Leipzig; The Guardian
Piece dating from 1760s, probably composed when Mozart was in his early teens, uncovered by researchers in Leipzig.
Mozart’s dropping a new track!
How Australian Music Lost Its Global Relevance
By
;Australia is the country that you used to know.
A Mesmerizing New Opera About a Sonic Cult
By Alex Ross; The New Yorker
In Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners,” a group of suburbanites hear a low, pervasive hum that others cannot.
Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter Whose Poetic Lyrics Transcended Genre, Dead at 88
By Stephen L. Betts; Rolling Stone
The country singer, actor, Rhodes scholar, soldier, and heartthrob epitomized the American Renaissance man.
Unpacking Vinyl's Remarkable Revival: A Statistical Analysis
By
;The fall and rise of vinyl and record stores.
Is it art or is it a crime? These are the rules of street art in Australia's graffiti capital
By Iskhandar Razak; ABC News
SUBSTACK RECOMMENDATIONS
I enjoy reading the following Substack newsletters about art. Maybe you will, too. I try to change these up every “reading list”, so there is always something new here.
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Have you read this one, Cole?
https://open.substack.com/pub/cmsthomas/p/the-atlantic-did-me-dirty?r=1pwf0t&utm_medium=ios
It’s an interesting counterpoint to the Rose Horowitch article.