Movie News
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Wish I had written a #MiniMovieReview right after seeing @MaRaineyFilm but I had to just keep screening Award Season contending films, no time to write. So in deference, I've done a roundup Congratulating everyone involved with the film...
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Opera, rock, and film collide – SOLDIER SONGS
The latest production SOLDIER SONGS premiered in January and runs til May 31, 2021. It stars and is directed by Johnathan McCullough, produced by James Darrah, who teamed up with FreshFly Films in Philadelphia and shot the piece on location at the Birmingham Hill Preserve, site of the American Revolution’s Battle of Brandywine (1777).
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I AM: 5 Questions for Filmmaker Jerry Hoffmann
I AM synopsis: One day, the withdrawn Noé (Sheri Hagan) finds a motionless android (Melodie Wakivuamina) in the forest, takes it with her and reactivates it. It's the beginning of a strange relationship. Far too late, Noé realizes that the android is about to copy her personality...
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Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts To Honor John C. Debney
Prolific, Academy Award-nominated, American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores John C. Debney will be honored with Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Lifetime Achievement Award...
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SXSW Online 2021 Coverage
SXSW 2021 (March 16-20) I've always wanted to go to Austin, Texas. for this famed music/movies/networking extravaganza of a Festival and hopefully one day I will get there; but it's so awesome to have a chance to cover it from Philly!
