I choose the perfect film to see after my web design final on Friday. Actually, any film not about school, money or employment, would have been the perfect film. However, Drool really hit the spot. This hilarious dark comedy, is so my sense of humor. It’s off-beat and unexpectedly silly at times, with an underlining of meaningful stuff. In fact, it reminds me a bit of Little Miss Sunshine. Anora (Laura Harrington) is a pretty, but totally down-played, low, middle-class housewife, with two sullen kids, and a racist, abusive, jackass of a husband. She escapes all this by being vacant throughout most of her day and day dreams about looking…

Even though buying a new outfit for QFest Opening Night sent my credit card ever closer to the limit, it did pay off, in the fact that I was one of the only underlings that got to attend the VIP pre-opening party held at a fabulous high rise Rittenhouse Square condo, hosted by PCA Committee Members. Being that my whole being gravitates towards swank and cocktails, this will be a highlight of my internship. Food Footnote: butlered hors d’oeuvers really must be smaller than miniature, they’ve got to be tiny bite size, otherwise the food goes to waste – “other” guest resist partaking as to not appear awkward during social…

I’m interning at Philadelphia Cinema Alliance! (TLA Entertainment Group) It’s the final step in completing my Associates Degree from MCC. I’m getting a chance to do some minor website updates and being introduced to all things LGBTQ (for anyone not in the know, Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Queer). Not that there’s anything wrong with that, however, I would have preferred it if the internship coincided with Cinefest (formerly Philadelphia Film Festival) or with the upcoming French Film Festival. But QFest (formerly Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) is where I landed, so I’m going to have fun with it! And most importantly, use it as a stepping stone to…

One day 11, I saw Surveillance (USA,Germany) A Jennifer Lynch film (Boxing Helena and daughter of David Lynch –Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks) it features Bill Pullman (Jeff Daniel’s clone) & Julia Ormond as Scully and Mulder types. It’s such a bloody, twisted, crime thriller, you forget to take note of much else. And the final twist totally came at me with surprise, although my friend Diane figured it out early on, and said she still felt engrossed. – Rating: Pretty Middle Toe And I saw, Sita Sings the Blues, a magnificently original animated film created, animated, written, produced, funded etc… by newcomer, Nina Paley. She weaves a respectfully, irreverent telling…

This is my friend Robert. Robert likes gruesome horror movies. I needed Robert to come with me to see Plague Town (USA). Robert says Plague Town is better than Saw (insert any roman numeral). As for me, I’m intrigued by deformed, soulless children and a tall dark beauty with blindfolded doll’s eyes in place of her own, but when I’m actually there watching it (through the slits of my fingers) I ask myself, why am I torturing myself with all this torture? If you’re like Robert and other “Danger After Dark” cinofiles, then Plague Town is a definite must! [Director: David Gregory / Screenwriters: John Cregan, David Gregory] Ratings: Pretty…