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BlackStar Film Festival Coverage 2017 (Aug 3-6)
Tinsel & Tine’s Coverage of the 6th Annual BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor The 6th Annual BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL 2017 #BSFF17 – Showcasing films by black people from around the world. Screening more than 60 films from 16 countries. This year’s theme is RESISTANCE – examining political and social uprisings around the world and in the U.S. Check out our Festival Coverage below: Post update 8/4/17 Shorts Program 5 Q&A with the filmmakers The trick to a good short is how soon you are invested in the characters, and at the end you wanna feel like you saw a feature length movie. These 5 short films shown…
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Movie Blog Post: GIRLS TRIP
Tinsel & Tine’s Look at GIRLS TRIP By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I first saw the trailer for Girls Trip back in like February or March and thought it looked pretty good and in addition to the known cast of Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall and Queen Latifah, I saw it had the team of super producer Will Packer (THINK LIKE A MAN, Ride Along, ALMOST CHRISTMAS, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON and many more) and the talents of director Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man and THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY) but still I worried that the movie would fall flat, that it wouldn’t have cross over appeal both to other races…
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Movie Blog Post: THE BEGUILED
Coppola says she didn’t want to deal with issues of race, that she didn’t feel qualified, which I understand; and I feel even though the movie takes place during the Civil War, there can still be stories told about people affected by the war, but it not be directly about the issue of slavery.
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Movie Blog Post: BABY DRIVER
The trick to this movie is the music, it’s really a sound track with a movie instead of a movie with a soundtrack, but I say that admiring the creative concept. Baby always listens to music on his headphones, especially while driving, as a way to both soundtrack his life and drown out the ringing tinnitus in his ears....
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Movie Blog Post: THE HERO
Laura Prepon (That’s 70’s Show and Orange is the New Black) plays Lee Hayden’s love interest. You’d think that would be icky, with the age difference, instead you really get the sense that they’re responding as two people who recognize a bit of themselves in the other...
