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Promising Young Woman
CANDY COATED AND CUNNING Little do they know she has taken on the secret identity of a feminist avenger! Nightly going to bars and clubs seemingly drunk and defenseless, testing men to see if they will protect a woman in an inebriated state or take full advantage. The next day her victims are accounted for in a notebook with a red or blue mark, of which the color coding is never clarified...
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Philadelphia Film Festival NEBRASKA (#PFF22)
My food n film red carpet question to director Alexander Payne – “Since Nebraska is a road trip movie, are there any great scenes that take place in a diner along the way?” Payne replied, he’s a big foodie as attested to in both Sideways and The Descendants, but no such scenes take place in Nebraska due to the stark aesthetic and lack of good eats in this Mid Western part of the country. Besides the movie is shot in black and white, not the best for filming cuisine. I feel “Nebraska” is a film that takes a while to become engaging. Although this was partly due to the…
