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EARTH MAMA -Interview Savanah Leaf
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids, in this singular debut feature from filmmaker Savanah Leaf...
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MINARI w/ Q&A
MOUNTAIN DEW, THE ELIXIR OF LIFE Soon-ja is not your typica,l docile, Korean senior citizen. She’s full of energy, cuss words, likes to joke around and play cards. You’d think the kids would love meeting a grandma such as this, but instead, Anne is politely weary, and David just out and out tells her she’s not what he wants “Real grandmothers bake cookies! Real grandmothers don’t swear!”
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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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Contributor Diane Roka: THE END OF THE TOUR
The End of the Tour: More of an Essay than a Review By Tinsel & Tine Contributor and Illustrator Diane Roka When I was a kid in the 70’s, I would sit on the carpeted floor of our tiny local library (housed in a suburban mini-mall), wearing a tube top, denim gauchos, clogs and a feathered hairdo, and pore over a box of the latest Rolling Stone magazines. The giant plastic comb in my back pocket would be uncomfortable to sit on after a while, but I didn’t care. Journalists like Ben Fong-Torres and Cameron Crowe and photojournalists like Annie Leibowitz would travel and sometimes live “embedded” with the musicians…
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Noah Baumbach’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
it's something a bit off kilter and original, but not too quirky or overly imaginative. Well-written humor without comedic shtick. Character driven with just enough plot and narrative to keep it on track. Social commentary without clubbing you over the head with an issue, fate or state-of-being...
