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Philadelphia Independent Film Festival: Quick Picks June 25 – 29
The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (#PIFF @PhilaIndie) is in it’s 7th year of “showcasing a unique cinematic experience unrestrained by conventional boundaries”. The festival (hatched in 2007 out of the mediabureau.com film initiative) – annually programs 80+ films across 12 genres and produces or sponsors on average 6 film events a year. Last year, I did a little blogging for the festival and during the year kept in touch with two of the awesome programmers – James E D Keating & Melissa O’Donnell. Melissa is also an actress on the rise, who works with various directors on many Philly film sets, one such project will be screened during PIFF –…
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Philly Spotlight: IHOUSE BRAZILIAN BARBECUE Recap
This past Saturday I was invited to partake of a Brazilian BBQ at International House Philadelphia @ihousephilly – what I love even more than smoked and seasoned meats, is the fact that now that I live in West Philly, IHouse (37th & Chestnut Streets) is part of my neighborhood! Every year the IHouse Board chooses a country to celebrate with a series of events. This year in honor of The 2014 FIFA World Cup they chose Brazil. You may recall Tinsel & Tine’s win an IHouse membership contest held in May was part of the Colors of Brazil Gala, previous to that was a Carnivàle and other assorted happenings, the…
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Philadelphia Food Trucks / Food Trucks in Philly / Food Truck Series
Tinsel & Tine’s Food Truck Highlights StreetFare: Mount Airy Sip, Savor & Stroll 2015 Philly Spotlight: VENDY AWARDS Recap 2015 4th Annual Philly Vendy Awards (Food Trust & The Street Vendor Project) Philly Food Truck: Prime Stache (Events Coordinator Michael Funkhauser) Philly Food Truck: Dia Doce Cupcakes (Chef/Owner Thais da Silva) Philly Food Truck: Surf and Turf (Chef/Owner Adam Browne) Philly Food Truck: Samosa Deb (Chef/Owner Debbie Dasani) Montauk Food Truck: The Ditch Witch (Surfer/Owner Grant Monahan) Philly Food Truck: Farm Truck (Chefs/Oweners Eliot & Kris) Philly Food Truck: GRUBAHOLICS If you are or know of a Philly Food Truck that should be featured on Tinsel & Tine please drop…
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Food in Film: CHEF
It’s fantastic for my brand when I get to cover a Foodie Film. For years I’ve been saying I’m going to go back and re-watch movies like Big Night, Chocolate, Soul Food and others and write about them so they exist on Tinsel & Tine, still, some how, I’ve yet to get around to it. Not the case with Jon Favreau’s (writer, director, lead) succulent new film Chef this one’s on my front burner. I’ve gotten a chance to see it twice already! What’s great is, the second screening proved to me I really do love the film on its own merit, and not because it’s a foodie movie, or because I took…
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Cut Print Film: GODZILLA
I got to virtually meet a fellow Philly film writer this week! Jeff Rollins of the awesome site Cut Print Film, their site design is so contemporary, it really make me want to redesign T&T. We got to talking and decided it would be cool to do a cross promotion of each others sites. CPF did a fantastic job of promoting my Belle post and I’m super happy to post their Godzilla review! It’s everything I wanted to say about the movie, yet now I don’t have to write it: By Chris Evangelista Godzilla arrives with all the fanfare and hype possible for the King of the Monsters. Essentially…
