Lists for the listaholic anonymous amongst us, top ten or otherwise
I have to confess that since I visited Paris a couple of years ago, I've become slightly obsessed with French history. Sofia Coppola's retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen promises a character study of the title role instead of a historical account that led to the fall of Versailles. I have no problem with that, after all I'm not expecting a documentary of …
Continue reading January 2016 BLIND SPOT: Marie Antoinette (2006)
Ok, so I dropped the ball last year on this Blindspot series as I wanted to spend more time on my script. I've also blogged a lot less for the same reason and will continue doing so until my script is done. But given how much I've enjoyed discovering *old classics* or acclaimed films I've …
It's THAT time of the year again… time for film bloggers to rake our brains to do the tricky-but-fun process of selecting the best films they've seen all year. I was going to post this on December 31 but due to my East Coast trip I had to delay it until I'm back home. Suffice to say …
Continue reading 2015 Recap: Top 10 Best + 5 Worst Movies of the Year
Well, it's been almost two weeks since the 2015 Twin Cities Film Fest wrapped. I knew the tough part would be selecting the top 10 and so I took my time posting this. I use the same criteria when selecting my top 10 films from a given year. So when I say ‘top movies’ it’s sort …
Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. Well, since SPECTRE is released this weekend here in the US, …
Continue reading Five for the Fifth: Special James Bond Edition
And so it begins!! In less than 24 hours, the 6th annual Twin Cities Film Fest commences! Starting this Wednesday, we'll have 11 days filled with cinematic festivities... 120+ films of national and international screenings, live musical performances, red carpet galas, cocktail mixers, film panel discussions and all kinds of special events for film lovers to …
Continue reading 10 Things I Love about Twin Cities Film Fest!
Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if …
Continue reading Thursday Movie Picks #62: Journalist/Reporters for Print/TV
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