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PUZZLE
I SO recommend this film. PUZZLE is one of those quiet films full of authenticity, great character development and fine layers. The surprising humor found in Kelly Macdonald & Irrfan Khan’s characters as they get to know one another while practicing for a doubles puzzle championship is completely winning. Will definitely be on my top 10 list for 2018. The director Marc Turtletaub was motivated to direct Puzzle for a personal reason… “It’s a story about a woman who’s a mother and a wife living in suburban Connecticut, doting on her husband and her sons. And I knew that woman – it was my mother. I grew up in suburban…
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CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Tinsel & Tine’s look at Jon M. Chu’s CRAZY RICH ASIANS By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Remember the first time you saw Pretty Woman and Vivienne (Julia Roberts) strolls back into the posh shop which had snubbed her on Rodeo drive, loaded with shopping bags, asking the sales person if she works on commission – “Big Mistake, Huge!” Well, there’s a similarly satisfying scene of judgement and retribution which opens the movie Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu, based on a bestselling 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan. Constance Wu plays Rachel Chou, a NYU Econ professor. For the last year she’s been dating Nick Young, a guy she assumes…
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Filmmaker Menelek Lumumba Interview: 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN
Tinsel & Tine’s 5 QUESTION INTERVIEW with FILMMAKER MENELEK PATRICE LUMUMBA 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor In preparation for the 7th Annual BlackStar Film Festival (August 2-5, 2018), I sent interview questions to many of the filmmakers screening short films; because it seemed to me since their work is shown in blocks, it would be nice to highlight each individual director and/or writer. Click HERE for Short Interviews with Shorts Filmmakers.But that doesn’t mean I can’t give some love and attention to a filmmaker debuting his first feature length film – Menelek Lumumba’s film “1 Angry Black Man” had its World Premiere in Philadelphia during #BlackStar18.…
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BLACKkKLANSMAN
Tinsel & Tine’s look at A Spike Lee Joint Fans of the Dave Chappelle show, can’t help but think about his hilarious skit involving Clayton Bigsby, the blind KKK leader who didn’t know he was black, when hearing about the premise of Spike Lee’s BlackkKlansman, which tells the true story of a black cop infiltrating the KKK in the 70’s in Colorado, and lives to tell the tale. John David Washington (yes, he’s Denzel’s son) plays Ron Stallworth, a black rookie cop who seeks advancement in an all-white department serving at a time when cops were routinely referred to as ‘pigs’, particularly by black revolutionaries – he finds his first…
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Philly BBQ TRADESMAN
Take a Look Inside Tradesman’s, a 100-Year-Old Building Turned Barbecue Restaurant – Teddy Sourias’ newest Midtown Village venture opens this week! 1322 Chestnut St. LAST NIGHT Tinsel & Tine GOT INVITED TO THE PRE-OPENING OF Tradesman’s a fun, summer, foodie event! We got to sample so much of #TradesmansPHL menu & beer selections – everything was hearty, well seasoned and makes me want to go back for more. My favs being the spicy baked beans and baby back pork ribs! Here’s a little more about the new Philly Restaurant from Eater Philly: The menu, from executive chef Craig Meyers, pulls barbecue hits from different regions, including St. Louis and North…
