Hello Friends, Ah, another year has gone by. Welcome, dear Write Reader(s), to my third annual series of reviews for the Academy Award Best Picture Nominees! I am so happy to be back, and delighted to share with you my eight incredibly unimportant opinions about eight incredibly wonderful films. I am sure if you have…
WHAT: Take Me To The River, an award-winning film by producer/director Martin Shore that celebrates the musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation, is celebrating the launch of its Take Me To The River Education Initiative on Thu., Feb. 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the world famous Apollo Theater…
IFC Films Presents BACKCOUNTRY Directed by Adam MacDonald Opening March 20th Based on a true story, BACKCOUNTRY follows an urban couple who go camping in the Canadian wilderness – where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears. Alex (Jeff Roop) is a seasoned outdoorsman while Jenn (Missy Peregrym), a corporate lawyer, is not. After…
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR Written and Directed by: Desiree Akhavan Cast: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Halley Feiffer, Scott Adsit, Anh Duong, Arian Moayed OPENING THEATRICALLY IN NEW YORK, LA & ON VOD JANUARY 16TH “Audacious and funny and unique”, Lena Dunham “Winning first feature”, A.O. Scott – The New York Times — ABOUT THE FILM: For Shirin…
Hello Beautiful People, It was a Wednesday afternoon, and I was at the Cupcake Cafe with my new, (now old), friend Shakina Nayfack. It was a wonderful day, one of those perfect New York moments – I was having cupcakes and coffee with a kindred spirit, a new friend, we were sharing stories of art…
Hello Beautiful People, Stage fright. Perhaps the two most threatening words to any artist. That paralyzing, infectious, horrible feeling that occurs when one graces the stage…and….panics. And that’s exactly what occurs in Grand Piano. Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood), the most talented pianist of his generation has an extreme, paralyzing, horrifying experience with stage fright that…
Hello Write Readers, At this time last year, I had just finished Amour, which was my final review to be submitted before the Academy Awards were televised, and it’s interesting to me that this year my final review is Philomena, which I equated to “the Amour of 2014” when I heard about it. In case…
Hello Beautiful People, Almost there! We’re almost there! There’s just one more film left to see, and just in time for the Academy Awards this evening. WHEW! This has been a whirlwind of film watching. Next year aka this year, I promise, I’m going to start early. (I think I said that last year?) Nebraska…
Hello Write Readers, More movie reviews! Our countdown to the Oscars continues with another Best Picture Nominee: American Hustle. I’ve seen a lot of movies lately, but I approached none of them with the enthusiasm with which I entered the theatre for American Hustle. I was beyond ready. I entered the movie theatre in San…
Hello Write Readers, Next up on our list of Academy Award Best Picture nominees – Her. Boy am I glad that I didn’t give up on Joaquin Phoenix. When you combine a not crazy Joaquin Phoenix and the voice of Scarlett Johansson, and add a very large and bushy mustache (not on Scarlett) you get…