Thursday, April 19, 2018

Lamarr pic among 10 at Jewish film festival

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Who’d have thought famed Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr (left) was an ingenious inventor and integral to the World War II war effort? But ...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

LA neo-noir is a cool whodunnit

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I didn’t quite finish with my reviewing and summing-up of this year’s Tampa film festival . (Alas, given the weather in Windsor-Detroit t...
Monday, April 9, 2018

Finally, Detroit doc gets Detroit premiere

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Last July I wrote about a documentary filmed in Detroit, but which had yet to get a screening here. It’s Andrew James’s Street Fighting M...
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Travis Bickle for the clerical set

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First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke (pictured left), is director Paul Schrader’s version of Taxi Driver for the clerical set. Schrader...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

A wine country rom-com, and devestating class conflict

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You Can’t Say No (Peter Kramer) is a not so hidden gem that should get wide release. It had its Florida premiere here and will be in ve...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Crushing stereotypes, by everyone

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The opening night film at the Tampa Bay film festival (officially known as the Gasparilla International Film Festival ) was Michael Berr...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Word to the wise: it's TV not film

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As I’ve written before I’m not a great fan of Netflix . It’s movie samplings are meagre and play to the midstream. I’m amazed so many pro...