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29th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage
Just like I said about Virtual Black Star Film Festival this summer, I really enjoy so much about an online film festival. Yes, I do still miss seeing films as they were intended for the big screen, but these platforms for viewing films as a festival are pretty sweet. With BlackStar, you had to tune in when the film was being shown, or you missed it. But what I love about PFF29, once the film had it’s first showing, then it was just available for the rest of the run of the fest. And I could watch them via my Roku. As usual, there was a wonderful mix of genres…
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UNCLE FRANK
It's during this visit Betty confides in Uncle Frank some hopeful ambitions, and quickly takes it back, opting for what's expected of her future. Uncle Frank advises her she can carve out her own way in life, and not to think small, dream big.
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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 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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Let Him Go
We get to see Superman’s parents from Man of Steel teamed up again. Diane Lane and Kevin Costner have locked in mature & sexy, both singularly and together. They’ve aged so gracefully and continue to be actors that can immediately pull you into a story. This story, written and directed by Thomas Bezucha (I looked at his IMDB and have never seen any of his other films) Adapted from a Larry Watson novel of the same name, is a Western, family drama, which heads into pulp/thriller territory. Margaret (Lane) and George (Costner) Blackledge own a horse farm. She breaks horses with their son James (Ryan Bruce) and George is a…
