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Commentary – Story of Wine
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival chose a food related film for closing night, much to Tinsel & Tine’s delight! Followed by a party in the lobby of IHouse where the film was screened, featuring wines from World Shippers and Importers and catered by Steven Starr’s Elvez. Story of Wine is delightful entertainment, it’s Korean with English subtitles, which I’m not sure technically makes it Asian American. In fact, I was even going to link the interview of the actors on youtube, but that would require a translator. The film opens up to a celebration, a Wine Bar named Story of Wine is celebrating it’s 1 year anniversary. After the…
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Commentary – Second Moon
Second Moon is very odd. The premise, a confidence man of sorts, Don Jim (Jim Finn) has evidently been terribly hurt by this woman of whom we only see her feet over a balcony, as she flicks pre-printed cards down in answer to his questions. In response to her rejection, he begins a business, “Art of Love”, which helps women cheat on their husbands. The men he hires to help these women don’t appear to be having sex with them, they are, I guess you would say, look outs, there to run interference in case a woman’s husband gets wise. In order to work for Don Jim all of his…
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Commentary – Children of Invention
Children of Invention is a story that too many people can relate to right now. Elaine (Cindy Cheung), a mother of two, Raymond,(Michael Chen)approx age 12 and Tina, (Crystal Chiu)about age 5 or 6 is struggling to make ends meet. She looses their house and luckily is offered shelter in an apartment building that is not yet finished or open for renting. She’s told they must be careful that no light show from the apt and not too make too much noise. An impossible feat for any parent of young children. In fact, the theme of this film was very similar to The Boys Are Back (click for review) in…
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Commentary – The Boys Are Back
Clive Owen is a widower suddenly left to raise his 6 year old son, Arty (Nicholas McAnulty). Then adding to the mix his teenage son, Harry (George MacKay) whom he left in England when he fell in love with Arty’s mother, now wants to live with him in Australia. The film explores the simple fact that parenting is a “fly by the seat of your pants” endeavor for almost everyone, and even more so for someone used to relying on another to be the “adult”. The beginning of the film is an unnecessary downer as we endure the scenes of Arty’s mother dying from cancer. Dying scenes can be a…
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THE MERRY GENTLEMAN
The idea behind "The Merry Gentleman" came from a question: What’s worse, a good person who treats you badly, or a bad person who treats you with kindness?...