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False Promises: A Call to Arms to Improve Gender Roles

Parents want to protect their children and ensure they have promising futures. We want to keep all children safe, but…

Carey Mulligan, Cnsent, Emerald Fennell, Laverne Cox, Promising Young Woman

🎶 Don We Now Our Gay Apparel 🎶– “The Prom” and “Happiest Season”

Remember long ago, in the Before Times, when the Hallmark Channel pulled an ad that featured a kiss between a…

Aubrey Plaza, Clea DuVall, Daniel Levy, Happiest Season, James Corden, Kristen Stewart, LGBTQ, The Christmas House, The Prom

“Mank”–a Black & White Melodrama for those who love Old Hollywood

Question: What’s Black and White and Red (read) all over? Answer: A newspaper. Bada bing bada ba! No one would…

Amanda Seyfried, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Herman J Mankiewicz, Mank, Marion Davies, Orson Welles

Why the Popularity of “The Queen’s Gambit” is an Antidote to Shameful Streaming

There’s been so much stupidity. During our first lock-down for the Pandemic, many of us streamed the Soap Opera-Reality Show-Trash…

Allan Scott, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chess, Netflix, Scott Frank, The Queens Gambit, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Walter Tevis

Reality vs Fantasy — “Over The Moon”

There’s a great joy in the synchronicity of the Universe. China has launched a rocket to the moon so astronauts…

Glen Keane, Over the Moon, SFFILM

“Apple” and “Little Fish” — Memory Loss and Love in Strange Places

Multiple fall film festivals featured Apples (Mila), a directoral debut from Christos Nikou, who also co-wrote and produced the film.…

Apples, Chad Hartigan, Chistos Nikou, Little Fish, Memory Loss, Pandemic

Fall Film Festivals: a Virtual Year of Great Programming

This pandemic year of 2020, we all face challenges. Many of us felt lonely as we quarantined, unable to see…

American Film Institute, British Film Institute, Denver Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival

“Minari”–the greatest intro evah!

When a darling Alan S. Kim, 8 years old, wearing a jacket and tie, introduces Minari, I was ready for…

Alan Kim, Denver Film Festival, Lee Isaac Chung, Minari, Steven Yeun, Will Patton, Yeri Han, Yuh-Jung Youn

Fall Film Festivals–why it’s worth your bother

What makes a film festival special? Is it the chance to see the celebrities and flmmakers? Is it the thrill…

Ammonite, Apples, Chloe Zhao, Dame Judi Dench, DFF43, Ema, Frances Lee, Kate Winslet, Minari, MVFF, Nomadland, NYFF58, On The Rocks, Saoirse Ronan, Sofia Coppola

Characters on the Move Striving for Better — “Nomadland”, “Ammonite” & “The Glorias”

The New York Film Festival and Woodstock Film Festival hosted Drive-Ins, shared virtual screenings and presented panels. It was a…

Ammonite, Frances McDormand, Gloria Steinem, Kate Winslet, Mary Anning, New York Film Festival, Nomadland, The Glorias, Woodstock Film Festival

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