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Movie Review: ‘Softness of Bodies’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
Charlotte Parks lives in Berlin; Charlotte hula hoops; Charlotte is a cyclist, Charlotte is a poet; Charlotte rolls her own cigarettes; Charlotte is a shoplifter and Charlotte is going to face a reckoning . . . maybe, maybe not. Charlotte, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, News & Sports
Tagged artist, Berlin, Billy Bennight, Film Independent, Film Makers, IFC, indie, Indie Film, Indie Movies, LA Film Festival, Movie, Poet, Poets, spoken word, The Los Angeles Film Festival
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Movie Review: ‘In Reality’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
“In Reality” is a millennial “love story” or really not a “love story” at all, but an analysis, or an observation of the breakdown of what “romantic love” is, is not, and never was as seen by the humorously watchful eye … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Billy Bennight, coming-of-age, Feminist, Film Independent, IFC, Indie Film, Indie Movie, LA Film Festival, love story, millennial, Millennials, Movie Review, True Love
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Movie Review: ‘SOCRATES’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
Socrates is a gritty and emotionally charged Brazilian indie by writer/director Alex Moratto. The plot centers on a a 15 year old boy, Christian Malheiros as Socrates, whose life is forever changed after his mother’s unexpected and inexplicable death in São Paulo’s ghetto of … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, Brizilan, coming-of-age, Film Independent, IFC, Indie Film, Indie Movie, LA Film Festival, Movie Review
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Movie Review: ‘Saint Judy’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
“Saint Judy” has a stellar cast of fine actors that include: Leem Lubany as Asefa Ashwari, Common as Benjamin Adebayo, Alfre Woodard as Judge Benton, Alfred Molina as Ray Hernandez and Michelle Monaghan as Judy Wood. Together they bring the real-life story of immigration lawyer Judy Wood to life on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfre Woodard, Alfred Molina, Asefa Ashwari, Benjamin Adebayo, Billy Bennight, coming-of-age, common, Film Independent, highland park, IFC, immagration, immagration law, indie, Indie Film, Indie Movie, Judge Benton, Judy Wood, LA Film Festival, Leem Lubany, Michelle Monaghan, Movie Review, Ray Hernandez
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Movie Review: Madeline’s Madeline: A Surrealist Expressionist Coming of Age Drama
Madeline’s Madeline is part of the independent film movement that embraces surrealism, symbolism and expressionism as a way to tell a story. There is a ‘don’t look away’ visceral sense memory sensibility driving this uniques film. The cinematography is very much a … Continue reading
Posted in Attractions, Miscellanious, Movies, Upcoming Events
Tagged art, Arty, Billy Bennight, embraces surrealism, experimental, expressionism, Film, Helena Howard, Indie Film, Indie Movie, Madeline's Madeline, Miranda July, Molly Parker, Movie, Nuart, Nuart Theatre, oscilloscope laboritories, symbolism
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American Girl: an Interview with Roxanne Fontana
“Well, she was an American girl, raised on promises. She couldn’t help thinking that there was a little more to life, somewhere else. After all it was a great big world, with lots of places to run to. And if … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Fashion, Interviews, Music
Tagged fashion, Folk-Rock, Indie Film, Roxanne Fontana, Vintage Jewelry
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Susie Singer Carter’s “My Mom and the Girl” Takes Tough, yet Tender Look at Alzheimer’s via Tremendous Portrayal by Valerie Harper
“Bitch, you took my baby!” yells a mother to a daughter, amidst the shadowed walls and dimly lit rooms of your average American condo at roughly 3 o’clock in the morning; Said scenario initially conjuring up images of the best, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious, Movies
Tagged 70s Sitcom Stars, 70s Sitcoms, Aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, Health, Indie Film, Short Film, Susie Singer Carter, Valerie Harper
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The Love Witch: A Kitchy Witchy Cult Classic In The Making!
Trish (Laura Waddell), asks Elaine (Samantha Robinson), “What do men really want?” “Just a pretty woman to love them, to take care of them,” was Elaine’s response, setting the tone of the “The Love Witch.” This campy comedic-thriller by Anna Biller … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Ann Biller, Campy, Indie Film, kitschy, M. David Mullen, Movie, russ meyer
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Movie Review: “Eden” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
It’s my opinion Eden is a story about minutia, but I also think there are 2 stories here that go to the core of this feature. I’ll address them as the “Small Story” and the “Big Story.” The small story is … Continue reading
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Tagged AFI, American Film Institute, Billy Bennight, Daft Punk, DJ, DJ Culture, Film, Francophile, French, French Film, Garage Music, House Music, Indie Film, International Film, live review
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