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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 (75 Main in Southampton)
ROASTING WEENIES Table once reserved by Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein goes up in flames 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…
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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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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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Theater Preview: BEETHOVEN — LIVE FROM FLORENCE (Hershey Felder)
BEETHOVEN TO APPEAR LIVE IN YOUR HOME Dramatizing Dr. Gerhard von Breuning’s factual memoir, Aus dem Schwarzspanierhaus (Out of the House of Black-Robed Spaniards, Beethoven’s last residence), Hershey Felder brought Ludwig van Beethoven to life on stage through the eyes of the Viennese Doctor Breuning who spent his boyhood by the Maestro’s side. Featuring some of…
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Theater Preview: DEAR ONE: LOVE & LONGING IN MID-CENTURY QUEER AMERICA (ONE Archives Foundation)
ONE TO CATCH Between 1953 and 1965, ONE Magazine, the first openly gay & lesbian periodical in the United States, received thousands of letters monthly from its readers. a great many of them isolated and in search of community. Now, playwright Josh Irving Gershick has compiled the voices of more than 40 distinct, mid-century Queer…
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Film Preview: FIRST PHYSICAL MOVIE THEATER OPENS IN LOS ANGELES (Arena Cinelounge on Sunset)
FIRST THEATER RE-OPENS IN LOS ANGELES TODAY Arena Cinelounge Sunset, Hollywood’s location for arthouse, genre, and independent cinema, will be the first physical movie theater in Los Angeles to re-open today, Friday, June 19, 2020 with special engagements of the classic and highly, highly recommended The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Babyteeth starring Ben Mendelsohn….
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Film Preview: AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE’S WEEK INCLUDES A SPIKE LEE INTERVIEW AND A DRIVE-IN DOUBLE FEATURE
AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE’S WEEK INCLUDES A SPIKE LEE INTERVIEW AND A DRIVE-IN DOUBLE FEATURE THE HIGH NOTE | Q&A with Director Nisha Ganatra Fri. June 19, 2020 | 7:00 PM PDT FREE Virtual Q&A with Director Nisha Ganatra Moderated by Carla Renata RSVP >> A SALUTE TO SPIKE LEE | Live Conversation with Spike Lee Sat. June 20, 2020 |…
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Film and Event Feature: RODNEY KING (Netflix; Roger Guenveur Smith in conversation with Sarah Bellamy and Rohan Preston)
Click here to watch Rodney King on Netflix To attend the conversation, please RSVP to RSVP@altaglobalmedia.net **Virtual Conference link will be shared upon RSVP**
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Film Review: UNCUT GEMS (directed by Josh and Bennie Safdie)
THE MESMERIZING CHAOS OF UNCUT GEMS This movie, directed by Josh and Bennie Safdie, was released on Netflix and quickly became an industry favorite and garnered hundreds of rave reviews. It only recently became available to the citizens of the United States and now they too can enjoy this brilliant movie featuring Adam Sandler and…
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4 REASONS TO DIGITIZE YOUR MOVIE COLLECTION
The world that we’re living in is an increasingly digital one, where TV series and movies can be easily viewed online. However, this leaves a question mark hanging over your existing DVD collection. You almost certainly have plenty of DVDs in your home taking up precious space. Now, the time has come to clean out…
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Film Preview: MR.TOPAZE (directed by Peter Sellers) (Virtual Exclusive Engagement by American Cinematheque)
CATCH MR.TOPAZE, PETER SELLERS’ LONG LOST 1961 DIRECTORIAL DEBUT, NEWLY RESTORED IN 2K FROM THE LONE SURVIVING 35MM PRINT The comedy opens exclusively at American Cinematheque via Film Movement’s Virtual Cinema on June 12, 2020, for two weeks Peter Sellers directs himself in the 1961 British comedy Mr. Topaze, an old role previously played by…
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Film Review: RUNNER RUNNER (directed by Brad Furman)
If you love watching gambling movies, this post is for you. Runner Runner is an online gambling movie by Brad Furman and was initially released on 18 September 2013. The film starred Justin Timberlake as Richie, Ben Affleck as Ivan, Gemma Arterton as Rebecca, and Anthony Mackie as Agent Shaver in significant roles, although the…
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Theater Review: BOMBSHELL IN CONCERT (streaming)
IT’S DA BOMB! The best set of new Broadway-style songs I’ve heard in years. Marc Shaiman and Scott Witman deserve a standing ovation for creating the spectacular score, the songs of which came from the cancelled TV show Smash. These are the tunes that were from Bombshell, the musical-within-the musical that was about Marilyn Monroe…
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Film Review: VAMPIRE BURT’S SERENADE (directed by Ken Roht)
UNDEAD, UNREAL, AND UNINTERESTING Unrelentingly campy and absurd, Vampire Burt’s Serenade revels in its own trashiness and in-your-face pansexuality, but this low-rent 2014 indie horror/musical doesn’t seem to give a shit about two things: the horror and the music (pre-released as The Bloody Indulgent, it is now a 2020 VOD release on Amazon Prime). With…
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