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Kajillionaire
“It is, among many other things, a metaphor for generational dissent, of breaking from tradition and expectation and customs that just don’t work anymore.”– writer/director Miranda July. (Me and You and Everyone We Know, No One Belongs Here More Than You and It Chooses You) none of which I’ve seen, but am now curious to go back and visit. The filmmaker’s “Kajillionaire” description really struck me, because it’s a movie I didn’t expect to identify with in anyway. But when looked at in this light, I realize I do. My mother has gotten to an age where she wants company more often and hates that me and my siblings don’t…
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SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
It all sounds reasonable, but Riley's style is to keep dialing up the crazy, notch by notch until you're at a full rolling boil of absurdist, off-beat, comedic Sci-fi soup. The satirical messages relating to society's tendencies to sell out who we really are to succeed, normalize crazy stuff, and feel fine that Amazon (aka "Worry Free") is taking over the world, along with a couple other social observations, makes "Sorry to Bother You' an original ride to say the least.
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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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Foodie Film: SAUSAGE PARTY
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Technically, There’s No Such Thing as X-Rated Food, But This Does Give a Whole New Meaning to The Term Food Porn Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg & Jonah Hill are some lucky, white, man boys to be able to indulge their sense of humor and create exactly what cracks them up, no holds barred. However, I do wonder if sometime during the 3 years it took to get the animated feature finished, did they ever feel like, I’m tired of this bit now, tell me again why we started this? You’ve probably heard by now, do not take children to see this movie, I reiterate…
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David O. Russell’s 8th Movie: JOY
Red Wine on Teak Floors = “Joy” By Le Anne Lindsay, Tinsel & Tine Editor The first thing I liked about JOY, David O. Russell’s latest vehicle starring Jennifer Lawrence, was the trailer. It gave very little away, you knew the protagonist lived with her entire family, including an ex-husband and that she wants them to get behind her on an idea to hopefully get them out of low economic circumstances, but that’s it. The rest of the images could take the story in many different directions, so you walk into the movie, open for anything. I’ve read some of the criticism of “Joy”, most critics feel…
