Bloggy Archives
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Marco Tullio Giordana (Wild Blood)
My association with Philadelphia Cinema Alliance has once again brought me into contact with a world famous, critically-acclaimed writer/director- Marco Tullio Giordana. In Italy he is one of the most popular and well-regarded filmmakers of the last thirty years. His films such as, I cento passi (2000) Pasolini, un delitto italiano (1995) and most recently Sanguepazzo (Wild Blood) (2008) are so respected that many Universities in the US teach entire courses on Maestro Giordana’s work, both in Cinema Studies and Italian Studies. One of the characteristics of Giordana’s movies is the osmosis, the tight connection between the private history of the characters and History. His movies tell a personal story,…
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NY Film & Video Festival Wrap Up
I only saw two films I would recommend to Philadelphia Cinema Alliance for CineFest, but it was great just being in the atmosphere of the festival, building my courage to talk to more and more filmmakers and attendees and trying to do timely posts...
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ODE TO GUIDING LIGHT
by Le Anne Lindsay, Tinsel & Tine Editor and #1 GL Fan Now readers, if you’ve never watched this Soap Opera or any for that matter, than please forgive me for going off the track of Film and Food. But I felt I owed a place of honor on my blog to this television institution which showed its very last episode on September 18, 2009 after 72 years of being on the air. Sadly, Guiding Light was so much apart of my formative years, that I feel I have more memories of these characters, than I do of my own life. I started watching ever so faithfully, when I was…
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Philly Restaurant – Osteria
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor What a disappointment! I had been wanting to dine at Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin’s Osteria (640 North Broad Street) for over a year. (The year I’ve been in school and on unemployment) Finally, I was given a gift certificate to this much talked about and written about Trattoria. Still, I waited weeks for the right day and when I was in the proper mood. Now perhaps I shouldn’t have gone alone. I’ve always said, food loses 5-10% of it’s magic the moment you utter these two dismal little words to the hostess – “just one”. Waiters do a perfunctory job, knowing that 20% of…
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Notorious
Unless you were living under a rock, you knew about the whole East Coast/ West Coast feud, but to tell you the truth, I wasn't sure if Tupac died before Biggie or after. (It's before). Again, I can't comment on whether the story told leading up to both of their deaths, seemed legitimate...
