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Film Reviews: PASSIONADA & MYSTIC PIZZA
PORTUGUESE PIZZA There are two movies that take place in New England which center around Portuguese people. One is Passionada, which is set in New Bedford, Massachusetts (home to Moby-Dick author Herman Melville); the other is Mystic Pizza, about the employees of a restaurant in Connecticut. Passionada (2002), directed by Dan Ireland, is a romantic…
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Film Reviews: BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT, Newly Restored A BIGGER SPLASH & MORE (Kino Lorber)
AWESOME DOCS ABOUT ARTISTS NOW AVAILABLE ON KINO LORBER As our readers know, Stage and Cinema has been trumpeting documentaries as the most engaging and affecting movies made in our times. And these documentaries about artists are no different. Not only will you increase your knowledge of fine art, but your jaw will drop at…
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Museum and Film Feature: MICHAEL ALMEREYDA HERE AND NOW (Retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image)
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE PRESENTS A SELECT RETROSPECTIVE OF SINGULAR AMERICAN AUTEUR MICHAEL ALMEREYDA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS NEW FILM, TESLA MoMI’s Virtual Cinema presentation includes four features and rarely shown shorts AUGUST 21 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 A true American iconoclast, Michael Almereyda has been directing, writing, and producing unconventional, fiercely independent…
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Film Preview: MORONI FOR PRESIDENT (directed by Saila Huusko and Jasper Rischen)
PRESIDENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR The documentary Moroni for President offers an eye-opening and humorous look at a political race that runs surprisingly parallel to the current political landscape of the U.S. It will be released in Virtual Cinemas beginning Friday, August 21, 2020,at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater, and then expanding to other arthouse theaters through September…
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Art and Film Preview: ORIGINAL STAR WARS PROPS (Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction August 26 and 27, 2020)
ICONIC STAR WARS PROPS TO BE SOLD IN HOLLYWOOD AUCTION AUGUST 26 & 27, 2020 (Darth Vader costume, Stormtrooper Helmet, lightsabers and more) 1977 Darth Vader Promotional Touring Costume used in the promotion of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) is estimated to sell between $150,000 – 250,000 ( £114.8k – 191.4k) as part of Prop Store’s Entertainment…
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Film Preview: JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY (directed by Susan Sandler)
SHE IS FUNNY THAT WAY Decades ago, Julia Scotti performed as Rick Scotti, and appeared on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” in this tender, funny, and triumphant comeback story. In the comedy boom of the late 1980’s Rick…
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Film Review: JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY (directed by Bert Stern, 1959 | New IndieCollect 4K Restoration)
BETTER THAN THE FIRST TIME AROUND Jazz On A Summer’s Day has long been considered one of the great music concert films. In 1958, photographer Bert Stern led a crew that went to the Newport Jazz Festival and filmed many of the highlights. They managed to catch quite a few memorable moments, the color photography…
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Film Review: HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD (directed by Bora Kim)
WONDERFUL COMING-OF-AGE STORY STAYS WITH YOU So, when you hear that House of Hummingbird is about a teenage girl awkwardly coming to terms with fitting in at school, at a dysfunctional home, and flirting with her own blossoming sexuality, you may think you’ve seen it all before. But this is different. South Korean writer/director Bora…
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DVD Review: L’INNOCENTE (directed by Luchino Visconti; digital restoration from Film Movement)
L’INNOCENTE: LUSHER THAN LIFE IN A NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION L’innocente, Luchino Visconti’s final film released just two months after his death in 1976, is a worthwhile conclusion to his great career, a telling adaptation of Gabriele d’Annunzio’s 1892 novel about the decadence of the aristocracy in late 19th-century Italy. Commanding the screen, Giancarlo Giannini as…
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Auction Preview: ICONIC HORROR & SCI-FI PROPS (Prop Store)
ICONIC HORROR & SCI-FI PROPS TO BE SOLD AS PART OF HOLLYWOOD AUCTION AUGUST 26 and 27, 2020 Anthony Hopkins “Hannibal Lecter” Costume, Alien Queen Model Miniature, Gremlins, plus more classic horror film memorabilia to go under the hammer in upcoming Los Angeles auction. Over 850 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Prop…
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Event Preview: ANDROMEDA SISTERS: A TWO-PART ARTS AND ADVOCACY FORUM (The Neo-Political Cowgirls)
YOU GO, COWGIRL! Neo-Political Cowgirls (NPC), an organization created for women in theater to help increase the female voice in the narrative of our society’s stories, will present their annual fundraiser, Andromeda’s Sisters: An Arts and Advocacy Forum, remotely via Zoom in two parts: One on Friday, August 14 celebrates, highlights and honors women story…
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Film Review: A GIRL MISSING (directed by Kí´ji Fukada)
A GIRL MISSING In this slow-burning thriller, Ichiko (Mariko Tsutsui) works as a home-care nurse to the elderly matriarch of the Oisho family — long enough to feel like part of the family. She’s closest to the eldest sister, Motoko (Mikako Ichikawa), who’s studying to follow in Ichiko’s footsteps. However, their happy routine is disrupted…
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Feature: ROASTING WEENIES (Table once reserved by Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein goes up in flames)
ROASTING WEENIES Zach Erdem, owner of 75 Main in Southampton, has set fire to the table once reserved by international pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. He was joined by patrons and waitstaff to douse the table in lighter fluid and incinerated the structure where these infamous sexual predators wined-and-dined. The table…
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Film Reviews: VIKTOR UND VIKTORIA, MICHAEL, Mí„DCHEN IN UNIFORM (Pioneers of Queer Cinema from Kino Lorber)
PIONEERS OF QUEER CINEMA ***********************Viktor und Viktoria UFA Pictures | in German with English subtitles | Germany | 1933 directed by Reinhold Schí¼nzel Long before Julie Andrews dropped an octave for Victor/Victoria, there was Viktor und Viktoria, the German movie that started it all in 1933. From this evolved a French version, George et Georgette, shot simultaneously by…
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Album Review: DRIVEWAYS (Soundtrack by Jay Wadley)
DRIVE ME TO THE END OF LOVE The 2019 American drama film Driveways, directed by Andrew Ahn and starring Brian Dennehy, was a hit when it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, 2019. It missed theatrical release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was released on video-on-demand on May 7, 2020 (it…
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Attraction Preview: DISNEYLAND’S 65TH (Walt Disney Family Museum)
DISNEYLAND CELEBRATION COMES TO YOU Celebrate Disneyland’s 65th trip around the sun this Friday, July 17. San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum hosts a day filled with special Disneyland-centric virtual programming, Disneyland trivia, and a few surprises along the way. Expect some of your favorite Disneyland memories coming to life’”virtually! Start the day with well-known…
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Film: THE DISNEY PRINCESSES RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST: WHO TRULY DESERVES THE CROWN?
Disney has been making movies about princesses for almost a century. They’ve inspired countless Disney princess costumes, books, toys, sheets, towels, mugs, and so on to infinity! With so many princesses to evaluate, we’re taking this opportunity to look back and ask, 100% objectively, where do some of the best known Disney princesses sit on…
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Film Preview: MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SALTON SEA (directed by Greg Bassenian)
PARTING OF THE SEA The eye-opening documentary Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea from filmmaker Greg Bassenian (CSI: Miami) lays bare the startling environmental disaster that is the Salton Sea in California’s coveted Coachella valley. Charting the Salton Sea’s creation in 1905 to the current devastating environmental crisis that…
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Film Preview: BORN TO PLAY (directed by Viridiana Lieberman)
PLAY ON Park Pictures announced today that ESPN will broadcast the world premiere of the women’s football documentary Born to Play on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020, at 9 p.m. EDT. Directed by Viridiana Lieberman, the film is a love letter to the game, written by people who you never knew played. Until now. Born to…
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Film Review: 7500 (directed by Patrick Vollrath on Amazon Prime)
IT GRABS YOU BY THE COCKPIT AND DOESN’T LET GO 7500 gets a Five-Star rating for suspense. The rest is up to you. You can pick at it, or just enjoy the sensation of turbulence deep in your bowels. OK, maybe there’s little heart and even less backstory, but that ain’t what this movie is…
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