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Movie Review: “The Clan” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
“The Clan” is Argentina’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards and “The Clan” did great box office on its home turf in Argentina. “The Clan” is based on a true story in the early 80’s after Argentinians … Continue reading
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Tagged Abduction, AFI FEST, Alejandro, Alex, Argentina, Argentinian, Arquímedes, Audi, Billy Bennight, Crime Drama, Film, Hollywood, Kidnapping, Movie, Murder, Puccio, Review, Tagedy
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Movie Review: “Rams” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
Rams (Icelandic:Hrútar) was an unexpected pleasure at AFI FEST. This is Grimur Hakonarson‘s second dramatic film and is Iceland’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. The movie is set in rural Iceland and centered around two brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, aggression, Best Foreign Language Film, Billy Bennight, blizzard, Brothers, cold, competitiveness, disease, Film, foreign film, Grimur Hakonarson, Gummi, Hrútar, ice, iceland, isolation, Kiddi, Nomination, Oscar Nominated, resentment, Review, scrapie, Sheep, Snow, suspicion
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Movie Review: “Queen Of The Desert” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
Werner Herzog‘s world premiere of “Queen Of The Desert” was met with some criticism at the Berlin Film Festival in February, yet it was nominated for a Golden Bear. So I attended this screening with particular interest to see the work … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedouin, Big Movie, Billy Bennight, Charles Doughty-Wylie, Damian Lewis., Epic Movie, Feature, Film, Gertrude Bell, heroine, James Franco, Lawrence of Arabia, Middle East, Nicole Kidman, Period Drama, Queen of the desert, Review, Robert Pattinson., victorian, Werner Herzog, Woman, Women's Movie
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Movie Review: “H.” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
“H.” is an odd and mysterious film that inhabits an obscure place in the apocalyptic genre of film storytelling, filled with symbolism that may or may not hold meaning. Its story line is built around the apocalypse, but on a micro level, showing how … Continue reading
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Tagged AFI, AFI FEST, AFI FEST by Audi, Animals, apocalypse, Audi, Billy Bennight, cinema, end of the world, end times, Film, Humanimal, humans, Movie, rebirth, rebirth babies, rebirth baby, rebirthers
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Movie Review: “Krisha” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
“Krisha” is a character study of a recovering alcoholic making a reentry, sober, into her family for a Thanksgiving meal and an opportunity to reunite with her son after years of estrangement. Anyone who has white trash southern roots knows … Continue reading
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Tagged AFI FEST, Billy Bennight, Film, indie, Indy, Krisha, Movie, South by South West, SXSW, SXSW Film, Texas
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2001: A Space Odyssey / Hollywood Bowl, 8/18/15
Sitting under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl was the ideal setting for experiencing Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by conductor Brad Lubman, gave a stellar performance of the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Miscellanious, Movies, Music
Tagged Carolyn Edwards, Carolyn Soyars, Events, Film, Hollywood, hollywood bowl, L.A. Phil, Live Music, live review, summer concerts
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Movie Review: “Seoul Searching” at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival
There is no doubt that John Hughes had a great impact on American culture in the 80’s and 90’s as he cleverly tapped into the zeitgeist and sensibilities of the era with movies such as: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, Billy Bennight, cinema, Communist, Emotional, Events, Feature, Film, Independent, indie, Indy, John Hughes, Korean, LAFF, Latino, Los Angeles Film Festival, love, Madonna, Movie, Movie Review, new wave, punk, Review, Soundtrack, summer camp
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Movie Review: “Chuck Norris vs Communism” at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival
“Chuck Norris vs Communism” is the case of an irresistible title meeting a compelling story. This documentary explores the influence of Western movies had on Romanian cultural underground during the communist reign of Nicolae Ceaușescu that helped precipitate the downfall of communism … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, Bucharest, cheating, cinema, comics, Communist, Doc, documentary, Drawing, Feature, Film, Graphic Novel, illustration, Independent, indie, Indy, Intimacy, LAFF, Los Angeles Film Festival, love, Movie, Movie Review, Nicolae Ceausescu
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Movie Review: “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival
Minnie Goetze, played by Bel Powley, wants love, rad sex, a perfect body, acceptance and the life of an artist in this late 70’s San Francisco tale. “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” is based on the book of the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, cheating, cinema, comics, Drawing, Film, Graphic Novel, illustration, Independent, indie, Indy, Intimacy, love, Movie, Movie Review, New York, R Crumb, San Francisco, sex
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Movie Review: “A Girl Like Grace” at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival
“A Girl Like Grace” screened at this years LAFF as part of the “Zeitgeist” category. Ryan Distiny‘s character Grace is exceptionally bright but confined and suffocated with a somewhat disinterested fun loving single mother Lisa who is played by Garcelle … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, cheating, cinema, Film, Independent, indie, Indy, Intimacy, love, Movie, Movie Review, New York, sex
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