ONLY SHADES OF GREY
Nevertheless I think both dad and I learned something about ourselves and others through watching the film,….though we perhaps couldn´t have articulated that we now had an understanding of stereo-typing and the dangers it presents. It was our first small step on the road to understanding and tolerance (although even that word can be misconstrued as being pejorative, surely?).
CAPOTE: IN COLD BLOOD
Capote´s distinctive, high-pitched voice and odd vocal mannerisms were bought to life in Philip Seymour Hoffman's Oscar-winning portrayal of him in the 2005 movie, Capote.
Sidetracks And Detours PASS IT ON weekly walkabout volume 14
At the party held in the La Aurora center in which several generations of fishermen and fishermen's families came together, and Raquel Rodríguez already said that in Playa Blanca "it is difficult to find families of a lifetime that are not or have not been related with the more than sacrificed productive, artisanal and sustainable activity key in the development of the town, on which some thirty families of the town continue to depend directly" , in addition to the added value that "fishing represents for the restaurant and tourism sector local and insular".
KIDS IN KOREA
Korean dramas aren’t new, but their global popularity has become more diverse and widespread in the U.S. in the last few years.
A WESTERN SPAGHETTI of film nominations
As we head backwards one or more steps for every step taken forward, we’ve got some of the same issues we’ve always got with the Oscars. For every excellent nomination, every interesting piece of recognition, there’s the predictable nonsense that conned its way in.
SONGS AND FILMS FROM BOTH SIDE NOW
Till’s is a story we can grasp, not of unnamed millions but of a single knowable martyr to racial hatred. The sadism of his killers, the horrific beating they inflicted on the boy still shock us today. The Till case also reminds us of our long history of racism in criminal justice, from policing all the way through trial and incarceration. His fate reminds us too that white supremacy was never just a set of ideas and opinions, but a charter for violence inflicted on living bodies.
SPIELBERG STICKS UP CINEMATIC POSTERS
the film-maker´s work is ´both accessible enough to capture the boundless imagination expected of most blockbuster directors, and artful enough to allow subtext and thematic issues to resonate beneath surface-level narrative.
RETURN TO SEOUL
Even when Freddie is at her most alienated and resistant towards her birth culture, she seems able to lose herself in the music of the country. In one memorable scene set in a casual Seoul club, she escapes the pressures of social interaction, of being defined and defining herself, to dance by herself; the scene lingers, as Freddie closes her eyes and is able to be herself.
Day four of Sidetracks And Detours´ inaugural Here´s To The Ladies in-print Festival featuring MINNIE DRIVER: ´a no-nonsense conversationalist!
I don’t think there’s actually been a better time for funny female writers, actors, directors…´
TO SIR WITH LOVE, commendation and commemoration
Poitier´s 2000 memoir The Measure Of A Man, clearly shows that the actor realised his the strength of the platform his film work was building for him and from there he helped to awaken the world to the inequities of racial and colour prejudices.