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Commentary – I Will Follow
Tinsel & Tine’s Look at I WILL FOLLOW Filmmaker Ava DuVernay By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Earlier this month I did a post on filmmaker, Ava DuVernay (click for post) which among other things discussed the new initiative aimed at giving films of color a wide release in commercial theaters, called AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement). AFFRM’s inaugural release is set for March 11th with Ava’s film I Will Follow. Last week I was privy to a Reelblack press screening of the film. Now, it’s my policy not to read any reviews of films before I write my own, as I don’t want my opinion to be influenced or…
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The Philadelphia Story (1940) – PFS Filmadelphia Classic
On Wednesday PFS presented The Philadelphia Story (click link for blog post on this film by legendary director Peter Bogdanovich) as the first Filmadelphia Classic of the new season. The Philadelphia Story used to be one of my very favorite film from the age of 12 to about 16 or so. My younger sister and I used to watched it quite often; thinking on it now, we must have been rather sophisticated kids, as its themes and dialogue would seem to have been over our heads. We never really discussed why we liked the movie so much; yes, we were in love with Cary Grant, but Houseboat or That Touch…
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Commentary – Hall Pass
What I really give the film props for is not rushing to the plot point. In other words, it’s not just funny after the guys are given the “hall pass”, it starts out with Rick’s kids delivering some dead on zingers, and the laughs just keep building from there...
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Commentary – Unknown
Tuesday’s PFS sneak preview was Liam Neeson’s new action flick Unknown. And I’m really going to make this a short post because almost anything I say about this film will be a spoiler alert. Neeson plays Dr. Martin Harris, a botanist just arrived in Berlin for a summit. He’s accompanied by his exquisite young wife, Elizabeth, played by my girl crush, January Jones. Upon arriving at the hotel, Dr. Harris realizes his briefcase is not with the rest of the luggage and leaves his wife to check in, while he grabs a cab back to the airport. The cab gets into an accident while heading to the airport and Dr.…
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Sofia Coppola’s SOMEWHERE
With so little to do from day to day, you would think Johnny would be on top of work related responsibilities, like scheduled appearances and photo shoots to promote his new film or going to the studio for pre-production stuff on his next film, but he's totally clueless about his itinerary until called by his manager.
