Philly Spotlight
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Philly Food Truck: FARM TRUCK
Philly loves Food Trucks! And what’s not to love – they are normally run by creative, dedicated foodies who want to bring unique flavors to the public. And with lower over head, there’s more time to talk to their customers! At a recent XPN Key Studios Session (Lenfest Plaza) I got a chance to talk to 3 great food truck owners. Later, I sent each an email asking if they wanted to participate in a new series on Tinsel & Tine profiling Food Trucks. My first response was from FARM TRUCK. Farm Truck is run by Kris Pepper & Eliot Coven, look at these guys – if they serve 300…
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XPN Music Film Festival Round Up 2013
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor The XPN Music Film Festival was the second collaboration of the radio station WXPN/and Philly music venue World Cafe Live produced by The Philadelphia Film Society. I got to a few more screenings last year (XPN Music Film Fest 2012), just kinda dipped in and out this year, but what I experienced was worth while! Opening Night was Thursday April 11th- You can’t go wrong opening with something Beatles inspired. In a post apocalyptic world (click for T & T Oblivion post) all that will be left are cockroaches dancing to The Beatles. Honestly though, the opening night film GOOD OL’ FREDA (Director Ryan White)…
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Blog Contributor: 42 Hits a Home Run! (Jackie Robinson Story)
by Christopher “Flood the Drummer”® Norris I recently posted an ad on Tinsel & Tine for a male blog contributor. I felt there were some testosterone driven films not being covered on account of me not being eager to write about them; and also thought perhaps any male readers might enjoy another perspective from time to time. My association with Collaborate Philly came through for me, as a member, Chris “Flood the Drummer” Norris expressed his interest. Chris is a Philly journalist and musician with a web based company called Techbookonline. I went to see 42 with Chris (my two cents in comment section) but I asked Chris to write…
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Unexpected Treat: THE SAPPHIRES
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor DELIGHTFULLY RICH AND ENTERTAINING! The Sapphires is everything Sparkle was supposed to be, but even with the help of the late Whitney Houston, couldn’t manage. If you describe The Sapphires as just three sisters and a cousin form a singing group in the 1960’s, then you’re gonna yawn and say, I’ll just watch Dreamgirls again. But you’d be wrong. The Sapphires is not only different because the girls are Australian Aborigines, with a white Irish screw up as their mentor/manager (Chris O’Dowd). It’s different because it just hits every beat and note to perfection and I’m not talking about the Soul soundtrack. Gail (Deborah Mailman)…
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Spotlight: New Filmmaker Koran Dunbar – Greencastle
He's done everything by faith, luck, talent, perseverance and perhaps a little stupidity. Much of which he wrote and directed into Greencastle, in which he plays the lead, Poitier, a black man living in Greencastle PA, who's a single father and just kinda out of sync with life. He earns his living working at a pet store, while attending a 2 year online program to earn a certificate in animal care.
