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4 TIPS TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY STOCK FOOTAGE THAT SELLS
When it comes to marketing, there are so many different areas for you to trod into. Especially in today’s day and age, this means venturing into the digital market and ensuring that you come up with high-quality photos and videos, among others. Digital marketing has a high audience reach, simply because many people are now…
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Documentary Film Review: THE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT (directed by James Fletcher)
THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS I suppose there are many people who still scratch their heads contemplating Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House. Filmmaker James Fletcher’s myriad collection of media clips — along with media pundits, celebs, and pols both liberal and conservative — give a clocklike detailing that blueprints Trump’s trek from being a…
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Film: WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF BLACK WIDOW? (Disney/Marvel)
SOME OF BLACK WIDOW’S PAST REVEALED Have you ever gone to a Marvel film knowing nothing about the characters’ backstory? The upcoming 2021 Black Widow movie, which opens in wide release from Disney on July 9, 2021 promises to shed light on the checkered past of Natasha Romanoff, a fan-favorite character from the Marvel Cinematic…
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Film: BOGART: 3-WEEK FESTIVAL OF HARDBOILED CLASSICS (Film Forum in NYC)
ALL HE HAS TO DO TO DOMINATE A SCENE IS TO ENTER IT.” – Raymond Chandler “BOGART,” a three-week, 19-film festival celebrating iconic movie tough guy and romantic hero Humphrey Bogart, will run at Film Forum from Friday, July 16 – Thursday, August 5 (three weeks). This will be Film Forum’s first series since its reopening in April. IN 35MM AND…
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Book Review: FROM CAMELOT TO SPAMALOT: Musical Retellings of Arthurian Legend on Stage and Screen (Megan Woller)
ART FOR ARTHUR’S SAKE It all started in 1485. In Le Morte d’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory gathered the tales of King Arthur and his knights into a single work for the first time. As luck would have it, this coincided with the invention of the printing press, making Malory’s book one of the first ever…
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Film: RED CARPET EVENT FOR ‘CRACKA’ (Cinelounge Sunset)
RED CARPET EVENT FOR CRACKA AT CINELOUNGE SUNSET ON JUNE 17 Cinelounge Sunset in Los Angeles is having a Red Carpet event this Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 7pm with a screening of Cracka at 7:30pm. Confirmed to appear are the film’s director Dale Resteghini; P. Frank Williams, Emmy ® and 8-time NAACP Image Award-winning producer;…
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Book Review: ANNA HELD AND THE BIRTH OF ZIEGFELD’S BROADWAY (Eve Golden, Updated Edition)
HELD TO RANSOM! Before reading Eve Golden’s exuberant biography, what little I knew of Anna Held came from the 1936 biopic The Great Ziegfeld and the 1980 Broadway musical Tintypes. The Anna of the film appears to be a relatively accurate portrayal, somewhat marred by Luise Rainer’s relentlessly winsome (albeit Oscar-winning) performance. Tintypes dismisses Held…
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WHAT YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS PLANET SAYS ABOUT YOU
If you are a Star Wars fan, chances are you have some strong views on the franchise. Of course, every fan has their favorite characters, films, even lightsabers, but what captures the imagination is the prospect of living in the Star Wars universe for real. There is no shortage of lifestyles to choose from in…
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Art / Film: MOVIE PROP & MEMORABILIA AUCTION (Prop Store)
Over 100 original Star Wars props & memorabilia among 1,300 other props, costumes, and memorabilia worth over $6.1 million ( £4.4 million) to go under the hammer in upcoming Los Angeles auction on Tuesday 29th July, Wednesday 30th July and Thursday 1st July 2021. Online bidding is now open at Prop Store. Carrie Fisher’s “Princess Leia” heavily annotated original…
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Film: THE BEST BIOPICS EVER MADE ABOUT MUSICIANS AND BANDS
There have been many movies based around real and fictional musicians and bands. Movies such as Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Featuring country and bluegrass musicians on the run. Other fictional movies that have found success include The Commitments, Purple Rain, Almost Famous, and Walk Hard. Musicians such as Johnny Cash have provided rich source…
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Streaming Service Review: MAGELLAN TV (Documentaries)
DOCUMENTARY LOVERS, HERE’S YOUR CHANNEL (and a free flick to watch) I’ve been checking out MagellanTV for a few weeks now, and I’m very impressed with the vast selection of documentaries. Even more amazing at the streaming quality. Even showing on my older TV, the images simply pop out of the screen. The content for…
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Broadway Podcast: WE GOT ANNIE: ANN REINKING (1949–2020) (The Fabulous Invalid)
Broadway’s podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, has released a fabulous episode, a thoroughly entertaining tribute celebrating Broadway and dance legend Ann Reinking in We Got Annie: Ann Reinking (1949 – 2020). Listen for free HERE. Co-hosts Jamie DuMont and Robert Russo continue their season-long theme of their “favorite things” by paying tribute to the singular life and work of Broadway…
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Film / Extras: THE MOST ANTICIPATED FILM PREMIERES IN LOS ANGELES THEATERS, 2021
THE MOST ANTICIPATED FILM PREMIERES IN LOS ANGELES THEATERS, 2021 Description: All movie admirers miss their Saturday tradition to watch a new film in a theater, so they cannot wait to get a chance to get back on track with that. The pandemic has turned the world upside down and forced people to reject many…
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Book Review: REFRAMING VIVIEN LEIGH: STARDOM, GENDER AND THE ARCHIVE (Lisa Stead)
LEIGHWARD “A consummate actress, hampered by beauty” is how George Cukor, the original Gone with the Wind director, described Vivien Leigh. Leigh is almost unique among movie stars (a label she detested) in that she was as celebrated on the stages of London and New York as on the cinema screens of the world. Best…
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Film: FRAMELINE45 FILM FESTIVAL (Pride Night and more)
FRAMELINE45 FILM FESTIVAL JUNE 10–27, 2021 NOW WITH VIRTUAL SCREENINGS NATIONWIDE Frameline’”the world’s longest–running and largest showcase of queer cinema’”returns this year with Frameline45: The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, running June 10–27, 2021. Slated to be the most attended and longest festival in Frameline history, this year’s offerings will include a mix of in–person…
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Film: TWO GODS (directed by Zeshawn Ali)
A Black Muslim Casket Maker Takes Two Vulnerable Teens Under His Wing in a Powerful Story of Brotherhood and Redemption Film Launches in Theaters and Virtual Cinemas on Friday, May 21 Twelve-year-old Furquan, learning how to build a casket with the help of Hanif in TWO GODS Hanif, performing Muslim body washing ritual in TWO…
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Film: THE LANDMARK WESTWOOD (Reopens Friday May 14)
Landmark Theatres is set for the grand re-opening of the extensively renovated The Landmark Westwood Theatre on Friday, May 14, 2021 with Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD (Netflix, 147 min). Snyder will appear in person for a discussion following the 7:00 PM show with producers Deborah Snyder and Wes Coller and Snyder will introduce…
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Theater/Film: ANIMAL WISDOM (PBS)
Woolly Mammoth and A.C.T. have finished work on an original film of The Bushwick Starr’s acclaimed production of Animal Wisdom, created by and starring Heather Christian. Filmed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C., PBS is now streaming Animal Wisdom here. Do you believe in ghosts? Take a virtual front row seat for this original film of the…
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Obit: ROBERT FLETCHER (Costume Designer)
FROM STAR TREK TO NUTCRACKER, ORSON WELLES TO NOí‹L COWARD, ROBERT FLETCHER LEFT HIS WHIMSICAL MARK Robert Fletcher, the prolific costume designer for both stage and screen, died peacefully in Kansas City, MO on April 5 at the age of 98. Robert “Bob” Fletcher was a costume designer with more than six decades of experience….
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Film Review: QUEEN MARIE (directed by Alexis Sweet Cahill)
QUEEN MARIE “Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea, And love is a thing that can never go wrong, and I am Marie of Romania.” Until today pretty much all I knew about Marie of Romania was contained in the above quatrain by Dorothy Parker. What little impression I had…
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