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Puppets & Prayers: THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Garfield's performance is very good as Baker when he realizes his desire to run an empire has become overwhelming and you see him rise to a level of panic and try to tamp it down. But Jessica Chastain (Executive Producer) is ALL IN as Tammy Faye, her ability to find a person under all that makeup and over-the-top-ness is astounding...
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Tribeca: 5 Questions for the Women of LIZA ANONYMOUS
"Liza Anonymous" is a short film premiering at Tribeca 2021, directed by Aubrey Smyth winner of the Grand Prize at Moet Moment Film Festival; Screenwriter Leah McKendrick (Summer Lovin', the Grease prequel) and stars Actress Danielle Beckmann as all the faces of Liza, a lonely Millennial finding comfort in the confessional spaces of local anonymous groups, only what she's really got to confess will make her an outsider. Tinsel & Tine sent the 3 creatives each a set of 5 Questions to answer about the film and what they each bring to it.
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DOWNHILL (Sundance 2020 Premiere)
Is Downhill as good as the original? No, of course not. Although, I do remember there being a number of unnecessarily slow, extraneous scenes in “Force Majeure”, so co-directors and writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (Academy Award winners for The Descendants which they co-wrote with Alexander Payne) do create a tighter script in “Downhill”; yet the movie is also missing some of the subtleties of things farther under the surface, which foreign films seem to capture so well.
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Marriage Story
When asked to name my favorite director, a lot of filmmakers come to mind; However, when I boil it down to what I enjoy most in a movie – Thick with good dialogue, humor and empathy found in the big, small, uncomfortable and hard moments of life, quirky characters and unexpected silly scenes – I have to name Noah Baumbach as my favorite, because he always finds a way to deliver all that and more. In terms of families in process, we experienced the dysfunction of “The Squid and The Whale” and a couple going through mid-life crises in “While We’re Young” and now “Marriage Story” which is not about…
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THE KITCHEN
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I lightly had THE KITCHEN on my radar, thought it was going to be a female driven mob comedy, mainly because of the casting of Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish who seemed like they could be comedy gold together. But also, I felt the posters and advertising gave me a Charlie’s Angels feeling rather than The Sopranos. The set up of the movie happens quickly, in a comedy this is a good thing, in a gritty crime drama, you want more texture and details. I felt I needed to live longer with these women before I believed they can suddenly take over Hell’s Kitchen. …
