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Netflix REBECCA Remake 2020 vs Classic Hitchcock REBECCA 1940
Manderley Revisited with the gang from the Large Association of Movie Blogs (aka the LAMb) We discuss my beloved, classic, Academy Award winning REBECCA dir by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by David O. Selznick, starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier & Judith Anderson. Then we go into REBECCA the remake by Ben Wheatley currently on Netflix starring Lily James, Armie Hammer & Kristen Scott Thomas check out the Podcast:
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THE ILLADELPHIA GLOW 5 Questions for Filmmaker: Mister Mann Frisby
I got a chance to screen The Illadelphia Glow (short film). First off, I really appreciate anytime black sci-fi is on the table. Although, this film doesn’t play out with a comicbook or supernatural tone. It’s grounded in reality. It just so happens the lead character, high school teacher Winston Ligon (Aundre Dean) has a special talent, where it’s not so much that he doesn’t know how to control it, but rather he doesn’t know what to do with it. A mysterious guide (Jacinth Headlam) comes into his life, but she’s one of those tough love type of entities that’s not gonna make it easy for a hero. Much of…
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The Forty-Year-Old Version
The movie really takes shape once Radha feels she’s written enough rhymes to need some beats and reaches out to a Brownsville DJ named D (Oswin Benjamin), who gets paid in weed. The first track she records, is “Poverty Porn,” which reflects back on those supposed “woke” patrons of the arts, and the likes. D plays it low-key but is impressed and surprised by both Radha’s words and style. Too bad when he gives her a chance to spit in front of an audience, she chokes.
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Accepting submissions for the 2021 Screening Scholarship Media Festival.
Leeway Foundation News Collective for Advancing Multimodal Research Arts (CAMRA), University of Pennsylvania is seeking submissions for the 2021 Screening Scholarship Media Festival. The festival will maintain last year’s theme of “Rupture and Repair.” Projects types include: film, audio, synchronous & asynchronous performance (movement & theatrical), digital or interactive exhibition or installation, or research presentation. DEADLINE DECEMBER 4th [READ MORE]
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Philadelphia Zoo Announces the First-Ever Inaugural Zoo-a-Thon with 6ABC
Aversa PR News Philadelphia Zoo to Host Inaugural Zoo-a-Thon in Partnership with 6abc America’s first Zoo seeks support to continue its important work in animal care, education and community engagement and impact Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Zoo, in partnership with 6abc, will host its first-ever Zoo-a-Thon fundraiser, a multi-platform event scheduled on Thursday, November 19th. The fundraising begins at 6am on 6abc’s morning newscast and continues throughout the day with Facebook Live segments onsite at the Zoo at 10:00am, noon and 3:00pm. Viewers can log onto 6abc’s and the Zoo’s Facebook pages to watch incredible animals and awesome special guests. At 12:30pm during the midday television broadcast, viewers can tune…
