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Subscribe to receive NYIIFVF Coverage Oct 22-29th
I’m really looking forward to being in New York to cover the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival! Unfortunately, NYIIFVF opening night conflicts with PCA’s screening of Eden is West with Oscar Award Winning Director Costa Gavras, in attendance. No problem, it’s great that there’s so much to discover and be apart of – I’m attending the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival opening tonight. I saw an advanced screening of Clive Owen’s in The Boys Are Back last night – review to come. I discovered the most delicious of small cafes on Jackson Street in Media, called House (610-566-2505), that served me the best fall menu of homemade,…
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Commentary – The Boys Are Back
Clive Owen is a widower suddenly left to raise his 6 year old son, Arty (Nicholas McAnulty). Then adding to the mix his teenage son, Harry (George MacKay) whom he left in England when he fell in love with Arty’s mother, now wants to live with him in Australia. The film explores the simple fact that parenting is a “fly by the seat of your pants” endeavor for almost everyone, and even more so for someone used to relying on another to be the “adult”. The beginning of the film is an unnecessary downer as we endure the scenes of Arty’s mother dying from cancer. Dying scenes can be a…
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Oscar Winning Director Costa-Gavras Only US Appearance
Philadelphia Cinema Alliance (PCA), continues La Cinematheque: New French Films with the second film in the once-a-month series with Eden is West (Eden ‘a cliques) by director Costa-Gavras Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:45pm, Prince Music Theater (1412 Chestnut Street). Prior to the screening, Costa-Gavras will receive the PCA Artistic Achievement Award. The special award presentation will include a conversation with the Oscar winning director and a tribute clip reel featuring highlights of “his body of work”:Z (1969), The Confession (1970), State of Siege (1972), Missing (1982), Hanna K (1983) and Betrayed (1988) just to name a few. Eden is West (Eden ‘a cliques) Synopsis:Uplifting, funny and, occasionally, heartrending… at the…
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INDEPENDENTLENS Inside Indies
[PLEASE SCROLL BELOW THIS POSTING IF YOU ARE VISITING TO WRITE A REVIEW OF FRENCH KISSERS] The great thing about this blog is that I learn more and more about what’s going on in Film everyday. This is a fun journey for me, because in no way do I profess to be a film buff or a cinephile. I’m learning to be “on the job” so to speak. For instance, I wasn’t aware that PBS has an award-winning series Independent Lens, that showcases a myriad of indie films and documentaries each season.And that these films are screened (FREE) in Philadelphia (locations vary) through Community Cinema. Independent Lens website also features…
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“French Kisser ” Reviews?
As a member of the Host Committee for Philadelphia Cinema Alliance’s new French Film Series – La Cinematheque, I created marketing e-blasts, worked the phones, worked the box office, and agreed to be a temporary “Girl Friday”, but the one thing I didn’t get to do, much to my displeasure, was actually SEE THE FILM! For a new series without much lead time, the attendance was pleasing. A crepe concessions, by La Creperie was substituted for the original Food and Film french buffet, I may have missed the film, but I made it my mission to steal a minute to sample the Gâteau de Crêpe au Jambon (Ham, Swiss Cheese,…
