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Philadelphia Independent Film Festival: Quick Picks June 25 – 29
The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (#PIFF @PhilaIndie) is in it’s 7th year of “showcasing a unique cinematic experience unrestrained by conventional boundaries”. The festival (hatched in 2007 out of the mediabureau.com film initiative) – annually programs 80+ films across 12 genres and produces or sponsors on average 6 film events a year. Last year, I did a little blogging for the festival and during the year kept in touch with two of the awesome programmers – James E D Keating & Melissa O’Donnell. Melissa is also an actress on the rise, who works with various directors on many Philly film sets, one such project will be screened during PIFF –…
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It’s Time for the 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival! #PFF22
Wow! Has it been a year already? Believe it or not, I lost a boyfriend over PFF21. We met on Labor Day weekend and mistakenly spent almost every moment with each other from that point on. I warned him that I’d be pretty busy for 2 weeks once the Philadelphia Film Fest started up, as I’d be trying to cover a number of films and events for Tinsel & Tine. He seemed okay with it in theory, but once I was in the midst of it all, he got resentful that it was taking up so much of my time, but also didn’t want to join me. There were of…
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Vicks Vapo Foot Rub – AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Her girlfriend Stephanie (Jessica St. Clair) convinces Rachel to go on a couples date to a strip club, where Jeff buys Rachel a lap dance from a stripper named McKenna (Juno Temple). Part sexual attraction, part fascination, part altruism drives Rachel to seek out McKenna and eventually invite her into her home as her son's Nanny.
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Food Truck: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in Philadelphia (9/14)
Here’s a fun little film and food thing that also fits into Tinsel & Tine’s Food Truck Series – On Saturday, September 14 at 12:00pm, the CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 Foodimobile Truck will be stopping by near the Please Touch Museum (4231 Avenue of the Republic Philadelphia, PA 19131). (For accurate locations, guests should always check out Twitter @Foodimobiles and the website http://cloudy2foodtrucks.com/ ). Who ever said there’s no such thing as a FREE LUNCH! – free of the charge, fans of all ages can order off the menu that will be full of options including Tacodiles (Tacos), Subwhales (Sandwiches), Hippotatomus (Baked Potatoes), Barry Strawberries, among…
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Four Seasons Philadelphia Interview: Ryan Coogler: FRUITVALE STATION
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I knew nothing about the true events which Fruitvale Stationis based upon – I’m sure the controversial racial implications of OscarGrant’s death reached the East Coast, but sometimes I go undergroundnews wise for weeks at a time, and when I emerge, I don’t go back to findout what I missed. I do however pay attention during theSundance Film Festival. And when I read about Fruitvale Station,winning so much praise, I thought, how dramatic can it be? We know theguy dies. But I was so wrong, the film has real heart and emotionalinvolvement because it is so “day in the life of”. As you’re watching…
