Special Q&A with Resa McConaghy, costume designer extraordinaire, on my short film HEARTS WANT

https://graffitiluxandmurals.com/2024/12/07/hearts-want/?page_id=38277 Happy Saturday, friends!! I'm sharing this fantabulous post that my dear friend Resa McConaghy, whose fabulous costume design career + thoughts on Emmy awards (as she is an Emmy voter) I featured on this post last September. THANK YOU, Resa, for featuring me, I'm ever so grateful for your kind support. If you're curious to …

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FlixChatter Review: MARIA (2024) – Angelina Jolie is sublime in this stylish but cryptic reimagining of Maria Callas’ last days

Maria, based on the life of opera legend Maria Callas, completes the ‘trilogy’ of iconic women by Chilean director Pablo Larraín. It’s unclear if Larraín intended for them to form a trilogy, but they definitely share some connections. Jackie (as in Jackie Kennedy Onassis), Spencer (about Princess Diana), and now Maria all center on women …

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FlixChatter Review: NIGHTBITCH (2024) – Amy Adams is at her most fearless though the film is more on the tame side

I saw this as part of the Twin Cities Film Fest last October, but I decided to wait until the week of its release to post my review. It’s based on a novel by literary & screenwriting professor Rachel Yoder, released in 2021. I read in this article that after becoming a mom and spending …

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FlixChatter’s NOVEMBER viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie of the Month

Welcome to the last month of the year!! This year has gone by so fast, I still can't believe we're just weeks away from Christmas!  This is a busy season for film critics as I have a slew of screeners sent my way that I'm playing catch-up with watching and reviewing. I'm hoping to watch …

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FlixChatter Review: MOANA 2 (2024) – this frenetically paced sequel is a rehash of the original with less catchy songs

I saw the first Moana movie pretty late, six years after its 2016 release, and I had a great time with it. The visuals are gorgeous and the songs are pretty memorable, so that’s the reason I was curious to check this out on the big screen. Well, like the original, this movie is a …

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Thanksgiving Special: Musings on the dysfunctional family dramedy HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995) – directed by Jodie Foster

A couple of weeks ago I hosted a movie night with one of my Indonesian friends who suggested that we watch Home for the Holidays, which happens to be one of her favorite holiday movies. As I was watching it, I realized I was stepping into a cultural space that felt pretty different from my …

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FlixChatter Review: JUROR #2 (2024) – Clint Eastwood’s engrossing courtroom drama has me feeling torn in all the best ways.

I actually heard about this film from reports that Warner Bros had somehow ‘buried’ the film as it was released with minimal fanfare in limited theaters with no plan for expansion. It’s really a bummer not only because it could be 94-year-old Clint Eastwood’s last film, but because it deserves to be seen by more …

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