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Dog Ears Music: Black Friday Playlist -- "One Debt Away"
Middle Class Rut Song: One Debt Away Album: No Name No Color (Deluxe Edition) Genre: Alternative Buy: iTunes.com Hank Williams Song: Window Shopping Album: 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits Genre:...
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SHARON STONE HONORED BY THE MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
A sign of an exceptional actress: as she walked up the Red Carpet to the opening ceremony of the Marrakech International Film Festival, Sharon Stone, elegant in a swinging black cape and emerald...
View ArticleTerrence McNally's Valentine to The Pearl Theater Company
Onstage backstage, at the Pearl Theater's production of "And Away We Go," six actors celebrate theater history. Set in the detritus of years of costumes, props, deflated dolls, and chandeliers, this...
View ArticleSunlight Jr. and the Daily Dramas of the Working Poor
I love movies, but they're usually about people I have nothing in common with. The new film Sunlight Jr. starring Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon so accurately portrays the difficult yet mundane lives of a...
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8 Days of Thanksgivvukah in Picture Quotes: Day #3
I am on Day 3 of my 8 days of Thanksgivvukah in picture quote format where I post one thing I am grateful or ungrateful for. Day 3: Ungrateful for Hashtag Crimes Friends don't let friends commit...
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Stars at the Marrakech International Film Festival: from Juliette Binoche and...
It's exciting to walk through the old center of Marrakech and see a Western movie high on a screen in the plaza, with a minaret glowing in the background, and hundreds of Moroccans enjoying this film...
View ArticleA Generation of Hope, But Not Yet a Generation Free
As a photographer, I have traveled to some of the most exotic and beautiful places in the world. One of my most memorable and inspirational trips did not include any designer clothes or fashion models...
View ArticlePopcorn Preview: Philomena
Film: Philomena (2013) Cast includes: Judi Dench (Skyfall), Steve Coogan (The Trip), Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane), Sophie Kennedy Clark (Dark Shadows) Director: Stephen Frears (The Queen, High...
View ArticlePopcorn Preview: Liv & Ingmar
Film: Liv & Ingmar (2013) Cast inclues: Liv Ullmann (Persona, Shame, Cries & Whispers), Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries) Writer/Director: Dheeraj Akolkar (first feature-length film) Genre:...
View ArticleAlmost Human Recap, Episode 3, 'Are You Receiving?'
Are we receiving? Unfortunately, yes. In the latest episode of Almost Human, the bad guys take hostages, the good guys defeat them, and Minka Kelly smirks through the whole thing. That's it. That's...
View ArticleAhoy, Greta Gerwig! Talking With the Star of Frances Ha
There are filmmakers who use the story of growing up as a business scheme, a way to capitalize on the industry's market for coming-of-age parables. Then there's Greta Gerwig, who is guided more by...
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Actress Grace Gibson Nails It In Film Black Nativity
Newcomer Grace Gibson plays her character, Maria, to heart in the recently released film "Black Nativity" starring Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, and Mary J. Blige. Twitter:...
View ArticleThe Who - Tommy
On the 1 December 1964, The Who played the first of 22 consecutive Tuesday night gigs at The Marquee Club in London. The band were paid £50 for each gig. During this period, The Who were appearing...
View ArticleHollywood Will Pay Anything to Be 'Eaten Last' by Bette Midler... Lindsay...
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination," said Oscar Wilde. Bette Midler's acclaimed stage portrait of agent Sue Mengers is titled I'll Eat You Last. But some are saying...
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Movie Review: Oldboy
I've been a fan of Spike Lee -- if not of all of his movies -- for 25 years. And I've found that, more often than not, he's at his best when he's directing someone else's material -- or someone else's...
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How Josh Gad Almost Missed Out on the Chance to Voice Olaf the Snowman for...
To be asked to participate in the first reading of a brand-new Disney animated feature was like a dream come true for Josh Gad. "You have to understand that -- when I was growing up -- I was absolutely...
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'Homeland' Recap, Season 3, Episode 10: See Brody Run
Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 3, Episode 10 of Showtime's "Homeland," titled "Good Night." According to showrunner Alex Gansa, "Good Night" was meant to serve as a...
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Leos Carax's Mauvais Sang
One of Jean Cocteau's most famous films was Le sang d'un poete. Cocteau makes a posthumous appearance in Leos Carax's l986 Mauvais sang currently being revived at Film Forum. One of Carax's characters...
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Claudia Cardinale at the Marrakech International Film Festival
Claudia Cardinale, guest of the Marrakech International Film Festival, regaled us in the sunny gardens of the sumptuous Mamounia Hotel yesterday with stories of her youth in Tunisia and her experiences...
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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Frozen
A Disney princess movie with a vengeance, the CG animated Frozen offers up no less than two princesses for the marketing department to turn into ancillary merchandise: one sweet and plucky (voiced by...
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