“ It has been 52 years since the anniversary of the first broadcast of “Soul” which was initially funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation that aired from a New York public broadcasting television station and ran from 1968-1973 nationally in the United States. “Soul” was produced and hosted by Ellis Haizlip known asContinue reading “Mr. Soul”: Before Oprah, Whoopi and Arsenio there was Mr. Soul”
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My Big Fat Persian Wedding: “A Simple Wedding”
Rita Wilson has made yet another cross-cultural wedding film entitled “ A Simple Wedding” but It is an Iranian girl Nousha (Tara Grammy) getting involved with an American bisexual Alex (Christopher O’Shea) and the Greeks are not involved in this film other than Rita Wilson as executive producer. Yes Nousha has two very traditional IranianContinue reading “My Big Fat Persian Wedding: “A Simple Wedding””
“Our Time Machine”: Creative Genius Maleonn from People’s Republic of China
You can luxuriate in the creative genius of 43-year-old Maleonn in the Chinese documentary “Our Time Machine”. On the face of it this is a story of Maleonn crafting together what one might call a puppet show “Papa’s Time Machine”. But the puppets are creative masterpieces. The show is about a son who creates aContinue reading ““Our Time Machine”: Creative Genius Maleonn from People’s Republic of China”
“Musical Comedy Whore”: A parade of promiscuity and the hope for love
The film “Musical Comedy Whore” is a one-man song, dance and comedy show playing off Broadway in New York and is a raunchy autobiography of David Pevsner who both stars and is the writer of the play. Pevsner is unabashedly gay and you are faced with a few of options here. Not everybody co-exists peacefullyContinue reading ““Musical Comedy Whore”: A parade of promiscuity and the hope for love”
“The Goddess of Fortune”: Love as the Great Forgiver
“The Goddess of Fortune” is described partly in genre as an “LGBT Film”. The more references I see to this being a genre the more frustrated I get. The more a community defines itself as such the less it becomes human. It can be made subject to an analogy of late In the current AmericanContinue reading ““The Goddess of Fortune”: Love as the Great Forgiver”
“First We Eat”: A Lighthearted Film Takes on More Serious Overtones The Canadian documentary “First We Eat” takes a rather amusing and lighthearted perspective on the challenges of eating locally particularly in Canada’s Yukon. It was precipitated by a landslide that covered the only road into Dawson City. Grocery shelves were emptied in 48 hours.Continue reading
“There are No Lions in Tel Aviv”: A Story of Passion, Greed and Downfall: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
There was once a Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Schornstein who arrived in Palestine in 1935 from Copenhagen. Not wishing to remain a rabbi he transformed his love of animals into a pet shop then donated all his animals to establish a zoo in Tel Aviv. The deal was the Zoo gets the animals and he wouldContinue reading ““There are No Lions in Tel Aviv”: A Story of Passion, Greed and Downfall: Toronto Jewish Film Festival”
“The End of Love”: A Film Boosted by its Place in Time: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
The Toronto Jewish Film Festival, a virtual festival of course in this insidious time of COVID , goes beyond its time limits to present an “encore presentation” of a couple of films. One of them is “The End of Love” which deals with a Skype relationship between Israeli photographer Yuval and his wife Julie. JulieContinue reading ““The End of Love”: A Film Boosted by its Place in Time: Toronto Jewish Film Festival”
“Invisible”: Intriguing and Cutting Film From Lithuania: European Union Film Festival in Canada
You never know where a good film can emanate from! But in this case “Invisible” is from Lithuania. And it is very good. It is a combination of a thriller, murder mystery, blackmail, love story, a jab at the church’s child molestation and yes a spoof on American reality television shows. Jonas (Dainus Kazlauskas) isContinue reading ““Invisible”: Intriguing and Cutting Film From Lithuania: European Union Film Festival in Canada”
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