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Mini Philly Film Festival RECAPS: Moore College Women Artists FF & Philadelphia Jewish FF CineMondays
Early Spring Round Up of 3 Documentaries Screened in Philadelphia By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne LIndsay Moore College of Art & Design (20th & Ben Franklin Parkway) the first women’s art school in the United States, held a mini film festival Friday, April 1-3, 2016 in celebration of women documentary filmmakers and women artists. I was only able to attend on Saturday, and saw 4 wonderful films, but these were the two that resonated with me: Guerrillas In Our Midst (1992) by Amy Harrison about the Guerilla Girls an anonymous group of Women’s art activists who started in 1985 to call attention to the large disparity between the…
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Gorniak Goes for Gold: CITY OF GOLD (foodie doc)
The key to deciphering both the city it beautifully depicts and the man who eats it best – City of Gold By Tinsel & Tine Contributor Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef) What Jonathan Gold, Los Angeles Times food critic/writer, has done for food writing journalism and for the restaurants that he loves, the movie, City of Gold has done for Jonathan Gold and Los Angeles and its surrounding environs – it has planted taco covered kisses on them. The movie is a love-letter to both Mr. Gold and Los Angeles. The documentary turns the notion that there’s no “there, there” in LA and flips it over like the many tortillas that…
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Weekend Brunch at GRAND LUX CAFE
Over the Bridge to Brunch We Go: Grand Lux Cafe By Tinsel & Tine Editor Le Anne Lindsay If you’re aware of the fact that Grand Lux Cafe is a sister restaurant to my home away from home Cheesecake Factory, then you can imagine there would be A LOT to talk about in trying to profile a restaurant with so much to offer (See MENU). So I’m only gonna draw attention to Grand Lux Cafe’s comfort food Saturday & Sunday Brunch! Particularly as March 25th is NATIONAL WAFFLE DAY! and Fried Chicken and Waffles Topped with Crispy Fried Chicken Strips and Pecan Honey-Butter Sauce is GLC’s most popular brunch item. …
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Tina Fey in a Kabulbubble – WTF (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
Tinsel & Tine’s Look at WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT By Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Leave it to Tina Fey to develop a movie with an acronym of “WTF”, you know cast and crew had fun with that double meaning straight through post-production. Of course, trying to use the title of the book by Kim Barker, which the screenplay is based upon – “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” would have been a bit of a mouthful for a movie. It seems Fey’s interest in the book got piqued when a New York Times book review described Kim as a “Sorta Tina Fey character”. In the movie Fey’s character…
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Nora Gibson Contemporary Ballet Presents: 2016 Philadelphia Screendance Festival
Don’t Miss This “Dance-For-Camera” Film Festival February 16-21, 2016 A Philly based dancer and fellow blogger (Click Go Review) Emma MacDonald, let me know about this upcoming film and dance fusion, 6 day festival happening this month. I’m planning to cover a couple days for T&T, be sure to start following Tinsel & Tine on Periscope @tinseltine and Instagram @tinsel_tine for Live Coverage! Post Update 2/17/16: I attended last night and we did hold an impromptu Q&A after the screenings, but I forgot to Periscope it! Here’s a picture of two of the filmmakers in attendance with Nora center lft: Zornitsa Stoyanova “Chrysalis” (Philadelphia, PA) rt. Ashley Marinelli “Rorschach” (Brooklyn,…
