What crazy film and music connection am I making today? Well, opening my place of work on Saturday morning meant that I could choose the Pandora Station. So Kenny Loggins it was, much to the chagrin of my co-worker, a stalwart Beatles fan. (Don’t feel too sorry for him, I let him switch by 11… Continue reading Toni Erdmann and Gino Vannelli’s I Just Wanna Stop
Author: Goldie
Aspiring writer who has retired from the institution of education. I've written plays, three of which have been performed both in Rochester NY and here in Sarasota FL. I also write stand up and obviously, film critique.
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The Salesman Always Rings Twice & Consolation is Not in His BriefCase
The Salesman directed by Asghar Fahredi played at Burns Court for the Cineworld Film Fest on November 9th. I’m sure based on its quality it’ll get a normal run at most independent theaters and I highly recommend this taut tale. I’m biased of course, having seen and enjoyed his films in two different states. A… Continue reading The Salesman Always Rings Twice & Consolation is Not in His BriefCase
The Jackson and the Hare, a great combo in Denial
Denial directed by Mike Jackson and screenplay by David Hare was a well crafted film based on a true story (and book by Deborah Lipstadt). I knew this was quality even before realizing the cinematic geniuses behind the film. First Mike Jackson also directed Temple Grandin, a tv movie I showed to my two independent… Continue reading The Jackson and the Hare, a great combo in Denial
Kitchen Sinks Times Two: Man Called Ove and Aquarius
Ok, did a two days in a row of foreign cinema. Name a tragedy and I saw it in film. Actually, I posed that query to my co-worker about A Man Called Ove (directed by Hannes Holm) and he guessed the tragedy shipwreck. Ok, he had me there, there is no shipwreck in A Man… Continue reading Kitchen Sinks Times Two: Man Called Ove and Aquarius
Money Can’t Buy You Soul, proof: The Pickle Recipe’s Delish!
Give Sheldon Cohn a round of applause! He wrote and directed a sweet indie movie called The Pickle Recipe. My hope is some big wig producer will buy the rights and remake it to make Mr. Cohn a rich man. Or better yet, just hire him to write your next script. What makes “The Pickle… Continue reading Money Can’t Buy You Soul, proof: The Pickle Recipe’s Delish!
So Easy to Pass Keeping Up With the Joneses
You know artistic integrity has gone out the window when actors get so large that their advisors start choosing their scripts, picking mediocre ones, just to rake in cash while they can. I’d like to think that was the case with Keeping Up with the Joneses. If anything, the silver lining is, you, too could… Continue reading So Easy to Pass Keeping Up With the Joneses
Howard’s End, Karma comes around
No, you did not time travel back to 1992. Sarasota’s Burns Court Cinema was playing Howard’s End last week (October 2016) because…..hmm, good question. Twenty four years isn’t actually an anniversary milestone. At any rate, I had missed this film back in ’92, probably due my consuming desire to have a baby. (I got my… Continue reading Howard’s End, Karma comes around
In Difesa Mia Madre
How do you lika my I-talian? Sorry, shouldn’t be silly when my defending this film is downright serious. IMDB 6.9, really? Rotten Tomatoes Audience 64%? For shame. I agree more with the RT Critic’s score of 88%. Acting first: Nanno Moretti, who wrote and directed the film, also played the rock solid brother. And yes,… Continue reading In Difesa Mia Madre
No Good Deed Goes Un ‘Sully’ ed
How thoughtful of the Hollywood 20 to simulate the arctic air atop the January Hudson River….NOT.:) Hey, I’m grateful, I got to go outside to get warm afterward, which is still pretty novel for a New York transplant. “Sully”, directed by Clint Eastwood, was excellent. Not tremendous, in spite of Tom Hanks, who is undeniably… Continue reading No Good Deed Goes Un ‘Sully’ ed
Menage a` Trois: two cons and an inferno
Got behind on the blog due to writing a play, titled “Thanks for Giving a Damn”, my apologies. Three flicks on tap, two about cons, one doc and the other based on a true story. First, “The JT Leroy Story” about a woman who, due to trauma either caused by or combined with sexual and… Continue reading Menage a` Trois: two cons and an inferno