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Rosie's Back... With Heartfelt Humor!
Rosie's back! I am so excited that Rosie O'Donnell will be back on daytime television, starting Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 -- she got her gig back on ABC's The View with Whoopi Goldberg and new co-host...
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'Conversion Therapy' in Indie Film Saugatuck Cures
Chilled to the bone, actors huddle around a radiator while filming in the pouring rain at the beautiful courthouse in Charlotte, Michigan. "Conversion therapy" has always been a hot topic. Written and...
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What 9 Powerful Women Were Doing At Age 23
This post originally appeared on Bustle. By Carrie Courogen I've never been terribly fond of my birthday. There is something about the reality of growing up, the actual change in time, that scares me a...
View ArticleIn Foxcatcher Steve Carell Astounds as a Psycho 1-Percenter
A hallmark of Toronto this year is the large number of high-profile films that carry the tag "based on a true story." The trend may be driven by market calculations and also, possibly, reality TV. Or...
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Best of Venice: With Tsili Amos Gitai Explains Survival in a Desperate Universe
Meshi Olinski, Sara Adler and Adam Tsekhman in Tsili by Amos Gitai As we commemorate 100 years since the start of the First World War and after passing through the atrocities and destructive treaties...
View ArticleMeryl Streep Hosts the NY Premiere of My Old Lady at MoMA
Along with Glenn Close, Meryl Streep hosted a premiere screening this week of Israel Horovitz' My Old Lady at MoMA. Her family in tow, husband Don Gummer and daughter Mamie, she was celebrating her pal...
View ArticleWas There Really a Need For 'Dolphin Tale 2'?
Now we have a sequel to the popular film Dolphin Tale. The question is why? The first movie was pretty complete in its story of a dolphin named Winter who had lost her dorsal fin. Her rescuers created...
View ArticleIn New Hollywood, Lines Blur Between Filmmakers and Viewers
As young filmmakers lay siege to Hollywood and indie films gather steam against the studio system, the line between creators and consumers begins to blur. This can be a good thing, according to...
View ArticleNorman Lear and Carl Reiner Terrified of Ranting Man Seeking to 'Kill the Old'
It's no secret Norman Lear has been directly and or indirectly responsible for the launch of many careers within the entertainment industry. The "family tree" was planted over 40 years ago and has...
View ArticleIs Nudity Back in Fashion?
Is the bare human form still culturally offensive? For many the answer is a resounding no. With today's proliferation of nudity inclusive television, has nudity returned to its post-taboo status or are...
View ArticleA-Sides With Jon Chattman:'Last Forever' with Fenech-Soler
Time can be a real bitch. Today's buzz band can be tomorrow's bargain bin. Today's top blog post can be tomorrow's forgotten blog post. It's just the nature of things. Thankfully, the band featured in...
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King Avriel: Bearing Witness
King Avriel began performing at the age of 2, and playing the piano & violin by age 9. She soon began to write songs and went on to become a published poet. At 5 years old, King Avriel landed her...
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Debut's Silent Autumn
This Saturday's San Francisco Silent Film Festival is a mixed bag. And that's perfectly okay, because the event's eclectic programming makes for a good point. The popular perception of movies of the...
View ArticleMy Response to the Kanye West Disability Debacle
I was scrolling through my social media feeds Saturday afternoon, when I tripped over the headline: "Kanye West Yells at Wheelchair-Bound Concertgoer to Stand." My issues with use of "wheelchair-bound"...
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Film Review: Two Days, One Night -- The Wages of Human Solidarity
The Belgian filmmaking brother duo of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne has been making documentary and social-realist fiction films since the late-1970s. While their gritty humanist features have gained...
View ArticleThe Happiness of Pursuit
Writing the screenplay to Hector and the Search for Happiness changed us. My co-writer and I took this comic fable very seriously. We asked ourselves some pretty pertinent questions about happiness....
View ArticleBarbra Streisand, Partners (Review)
Barbra Streisand helped usher in the era of the 'music superstar duet' in 1978 when she and Neil Diamond recorded "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." Her streak of hit duets continued the following year with...
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Seattle ACT Theater Premiers Political Drama "The Invisible Hand" on 9/11
Seattle's ACT Theater opened Ayad Akhtar's new play The Invisible Hand on the thirteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy. Interestingly, the play seems to jump out from the daily news. The...
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My Week With Mindy: 20 Lessons Learned From Dr. Lahiri
I love The Mindy Project -- the characters, the writing, the performances. I love this show so much, in fact, that my friends have started calling me Bindy (AKA "Boy Mindy"). Watching The Mindy...
View Article10 Things I Liked About Dolphin Tale 2
Dolphin Tale 2 is truly a wonderful PG rated film for the whole family, I saw it with my 13 year old daughter and 11 year old son, both of whom were enchanted with it as well. Caution if you have not...
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