Over the vacation week, I saw a number of movies en route on land and sea. Some were forgettable (”Rush Hour 2,” “Did You Hear About the Morgans?”) but a majority were worth being a coach potato for. That’s allowed during vacation isn’t it? The Princess Cruise line exhibits films on the [...]
For some odd reason I’ve watched The Godfather twice this year (nearly 3 times): once from my personal DVD; once by accident on one of the UHF stations but had to cut it short; and finally to finish where I left off when the UHF station rebroadcast it. I was just a kid [...]
This was one I missed when it came out. Before “freedom fries,” the last great butting of heads between the U.S. and the French was about [mais qui] wine: “Judgement of Paris.” Bottle Shock (2008) dramatizes how California wines from Napa and Sonoma earned their props in 1976–around the same time Alice [...]
I read Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir of her year off to reset her senses and sense in Italy, India, Bali, but I didn’t finish the book. I picked it up right after finishing Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea. His quest raised the stakes; so a self-help travelogue was probably not [...]
It’s festival summer time in DC. Hip Hop Theater Festival starts today. It’s hot-hot-hot.
The Capital Fringe Festival opens Thursday, July 8 — “where everyone’s story has value!”
Screen on the Green is back! I’ve heard rumblings that this free outdoor film festival on the National Mall (between the Lincoln Memorial and US Capitol) [...]
I’m always tickled when parents freak out over a child’s decision to pursue acting in college. For the straight and narrow parent, it’s the “throwing good money after bad money” call. Personally, most of the serious actors I’ve known my lifetime were intelligent, insightful, and committed. The challenge was the ability to [...]
Pam Grier’s going to be in the neighborhood. She’s making a DC stop at Busboys and Poets (2021 14th Street, NW) June 13th at 6 PM to discuss and sign her new book Foxy…My Life In Three Acts. The title of the second act makes me chuckle - “Fros and Freaks.” This [...]
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This week the President made his third trip to the Louisiana coast in lieu of a trip to Australia and Indonesia, to check on the lack of progress of BP’s next move on capping the oil pipe as well as the lack of confidence in the administration’s ability to bring BP to [...]
For Filmmakers…
NEH FUNDING INITIATIVE - BRIDGING CULTURES THROUGH FILM: INTERNATIONAL TOPICS – CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline: July 28, 2010 (receipt deadline); Notification of awards will be in December 2010.
Bridging Cultures films will spark Americans’ engagement with the wider world through the exploration of countries and cultures outside of the United States, and/or across nations.
Films might take [...]
“My identity is very clear to me now. I am a black woman. I’m free. I no longer have to be a ‘credit.’ I don’t have to be a symbol to anybody; I don’t have to be a first to anybody. I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort [...]
