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Philly Spotlight: “DINNER” by Aleksandra Svetlichnaya
POST UPDATE 10/31/2015 : See Full Movie – Then read interview below with filmmaker: One of the best parts of writing a film blog is that literally every post, I learn something new – sometimes it’s something I have sketchy details about that’s made clearer. Sometimes it’s just realizing that a director I thought I was unfamiliar with, actually made a movie I liked from back in the day. And other times, I’m totally getting schooled. For instance, Cosplay, this is a term I was unfamiliar with till I attended the Philly preview screening of writer/director Aleksandra Svetlichnaya’s short film DINNER. Ukraine born, Philly bred, Aleksandra is a multi-talented young…
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Food in Film: WAITRESS Movie
In this 2007 film, Keri Russell stars as Jenna - a desolate diner waitress seeking solace in the art of pie-making. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, she’s eager to escape her husband and her small-town hell and sets about to make a run for it by entering an out of town pie baking contest...
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Food in Film: CHOCOLAT
At its core, the film examines many adult themes, such as repression of desires and the importance of self-love, but is fun enough to also engage us on a purely whimsical escape...
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Win The Trip to Italy – Screening Passes in Philly
What does Alanis Morissette, Tom Hardy's muffled voice as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, sex with a female pirate, the poet Shelly being jealous of his Frankenstein birthing wife or dueling impersonation have to do with a foodie film about eating in some of the finest restaurants on Amalfi Coast, Rome, Liguria and other gorgeous Italian locales?
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Food in Film: CHEF
It’s fantastic for my brand when I get to cover a Foodie Film. For years I’ve been saying I’m going to go back and re-watch movies like Big Night, Chocolate, Soul Food and others and write about them so they exist on Tinsel & Tine, still, some how, I’ve yet to get around to it. Not the case with Jon Favreau’s (writer, director, lead) succulent new film Chef this one’s on my front burner. I’ve gotten a chance to see it twice already! What’s great is, the second screening proved to me I really do love the film on its own merit, and not because it’s a foodie movie, or because I took…
