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Movie Blog Post: 20th Century Women
Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Tinsel & Tine’s Look at Mike Mill’s Mother in 20th Century Women Writer/Director Mike Mill’s semi-autobiographical movie 20th Century Women stars Annette Bening as Dorothea Fields a late in life mother raising a 15 year-old son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) in the late 1970’s in Santa Barbara CA. Their home purchased at auction was once a sprawling Victorian mansion, but is now barely livable, however little by little Dorothea is restoring the home with the help of a border William (Billy Crudup) a hippy who also restores vintage cars, he once tried to live on a commune but found that lifestyle too far out even for…
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Hidden Figures
I've seen it twice and I've cried tears of joy each time. I'm so glad these amazing women with incredible minds, have now been publicly recognized for their gifts and talents which contributed to our country's space travel....
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Philly Interview: DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND
By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Damien Chazelle, the writer/director of Whiplash, and his collaborative partner, composer Justin Hurwitz have created a beguiling, unapologetically romantic homage to classic movie musicals in LA LA LAND (opening film of the 25th Philadelphia Film Festival – click for T&T coverage). The opening scene, a single continuous shot shows a traffic jam in L.A., where all of the drivers emerge from their vehicles and break into song and dance. The film shouts to the audience that this is a throwback to old-school Hollywood musicals, thus, resulting in the audience understanding to view the film with a suspension of disbelief from the beginning.…
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Movie Blog Post: MISS SLOANE
Sloane is always impeccably put together, but she's flawed: can't sleep, pops pills, pushes herself too the limit, expects too much from those around her and pays for sex
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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor A WORLD DIVIDED The Hamilton cast vs Trump/Pence controversy is interesting, isn’t it? I’m in total agreement with the Broadway Musical, both in that they felt it was within their “brand” so to speak, to address Vice President elect Pence on the issues of multi-culturalism, which could be at stake during the upcoming Administration; and that they waited until after the show had completely ended, including curtain calls, to make the statement, showing concern for the proper handling of such an unprecedented act. Later, I started gathering my research for this Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them post and was struck by the similarities…
