by Nathaniel R
Pedro quarantined and tripping through memory lane.
You can keep all those celebrity sing-alongs or other social media attempts to cheer us up collectively. Instead give us gossip to chew on. More juicy shared "diaries" of stir-crazy stars, please!
The occassion for this request is that we've just finished reading a new article by Spanish genius Pedro Almodóvar. He wrote a piece for the Spanish website el diario about... well, a lot of things. It begins with memories of getting dressed up to go on an errand during quarantine and segueways into other memories of getting dressed up for movie events. Lots of fun anecdotes follow including a night with Jane Fonda (!). But the bulk of the piece centers on 1990-1991 when Madonna entered his life via Dick Tracy through the essential documentary Truth or Dare (1991). You must read the whole thing -- Spanish readers will probably...
Pedro quarantined and tripping through memory lane.
You can keep all those celebrity sing-alongs or other social media attempts to cheer us up collectively. Instead give us gossip to chew on. More juicy shared "diaries" of stir-crazy stars, please!
The occassion for this request is that we've just finished reading a new article by Spanish genius Pedro Almodóvar. He wrote a piece for the Spanish website el diario about... well, a lot of things. It begins with memories of getting dressed up to go on an errand during quarantine and segueways into other memories of getting dressed up for movie events. Lots of fun anecdotes follow including a night with Jane Fonda (!). But the bulk of the piece centers on 1990-1991 when Madonna entered his life via Dick Tracy through the essential documentary Truth or Dare (1991). You must read the whole thing -- Spanish readers will probably...
- 4/2/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers.
The Simpsons Season 31 Episode 15
The Simpsons season 31, episode 15, “Screenless,” gives up is Wi-Fi to gain the series’ soul. The Simpson family bravely takes on the cellular menace, which is far worse than any Phantom Menace because we see it all around us. It robs us of our imaginations and sense of civil community. It takes children to smaller places where they can only get in virtual trouble and Robocalls keep you near a device with a reminder every 18 minutes. Although I can see Marge being courteous to the disembodied voices of our future robot masters.
The episode opens with a parody of the true crime drama. Their “Making a Murderer” grew up in Killville, Wisconsin. the “convict me” state, where the only right you have is to remain silent, apparently, and maybe get a shot at tampering evidence. Netflix promises close-ups of the residents...
The Simpsons Season 31 Episode 15
The Simpsons season 31, episode 15, “Screenless,” gives up is Wi-Fi to gain the series’ soul. The Simpson family bravely takes on the cellular menace, which is far worse than any Phantom Menace because we see it all around us. It robs us of our imaginations and sense of civil community. It takes children to smaller places where they can only get in virtual trouble and Robocalls keep you near a device with a reminder every 18 minutes. Although I can see Marge being courteous to the disembodied voices of our future robot masters.
The episode opens with a parody of the true crime drama. Their “Making a Murderer” grew up in Killville, Wisconsin. the “convict me” state, where the only right you have is to remain silent, apparently, and maybe get a shot at tampering evidence. Netflix promises close-ups of the residents...
- 3/9/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The first ever Detroit Independent Film Festival has given its Best Documentary award — to a film produced outside of Michigan — Eddies: The Documentary by Calgary filmmaker Michael Peterson. Eddies chronicles the journey of several Canadian filmmakers as they compete in the Big Rock Brewery’s annual filmmaking competition, which is an event relatively unknown outside of Calgary, but is a prodigious affair in the region.
As of this writing, I haven’t posted my review of Eddies on Bad Lit yet, but I’ve seen it and it’s a really wonderful documentary about everyday, creative folks really getting into the spirit of filmmaking — even for what are just essentially short beer commercials. I’ve previously reviewed three short fictional films by Peterson, who’s a great talent out of Canada.
The Detroit Independent Film Festival ran back on March 2-7 at the Burton Film Theatre and screened close to...
As of this writing, I haven’t posted my review of Eddies on Bad Lit yet, but I’ve seen it and it’s a really wonderful documentary about everyday, creative folks really getting into the spirit of filmmaking — even for what are just essentially short beer commercials. I’ve previously reviewed three short fictional films by Peterson, who’s a great talent out of Canada.
The Detroit Independent Film Festival ran back on March 2-7 at the Burton Film Theatre and screened close to...
- 3/14/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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