So tomorrow night, TechBoo and I get to celebrate another first together: Our first Chanukah party. What to bring? I’m leaning towards a bottle of wine and the jelly doughnuts (which, coincidentally, will come from the new kosher Dunkin’ Donuts that recently opened up nearby).
Saturday night, the celebrating continues with a birthday slumber party for [...]
Hat tip to Tami
After watching Chris Rock’s most recent he-man-woman-hating TV concert special, I welcome his latest project, Good Hair:
PARK CITY, Utah — According to the story that comedian Chris Rock tells at the beginning of “Good Hair,” the documentary he produced, co-wrote and narrates that premiered here this week, his young daughter Lola came [...]
I hope this makes it to my local arthouse theater.
From Salon.com:
“Part near-miss love story, part social commentary and part contemplative road trip through the streets of San Francisco, Barry Jenkins’ debut feature, “Medicine for Melancholy,” is so subtle and subdued that it nearly undercuts itself. I’d describe it, in fact, as a film that doesn’t [...]
That disturbing line was spoken by a 14-year-old female character in a Lifetime movie, “She’s Too Young”, part of the network’s “Can You Keep A Secret Full Day Event” movie marathon airing today. I can’t think of a better way to spend 24 hours than having the crap scared out of me by countless tales [...]
This just in:
Over at LiteraryMama, fellow mama-writer Caroline Grant reviews a film that I’m adding to my must-see list. An excerpt:
I hadn’t really thought about the constraints of space and materials that visual artists work with until I watched Pamela Tanner Boll’s moving new documentary Who Does She Think She Is? (2008), which introduces [...]
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This just in from my Brother from Another Mother:
Greetings All!
FYI:
The Obenson Report black cinema podcast is back, thanks to popular demand!
Since placing it on hiatus in February, I’ve been repeatedly asked, often by enthusiastic strangers, whether or not the podcast would return. Also, from time to time, I check the audience stats of previously recorded [...]
“Bad Education offers up nothing as pat and comfortable as redemption; by design, it is a dark and largely pessimistic film. And yet, the film’s epilogue tells us that Enrique continues to make films with the ”same passion.” May art and spirit always prevail similarly in the face of evil.”
I wrote that?
This was [...]
I’m so lame. Tapestries of Hope has been on my to-blog list for a minute, but I hadn’t gotten around to it because it deserves much more than a rush job, and that’s where I am these days. But Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth has done the damn thing–and done it right. Here’s an excerpt from [...]
You can also check out this review and related content over at 3BlackChicks and ShapingYouth.
A few months ago, I viewed the trailer for Girls Rock!, a documentary which chronicles a 5-day-long Rock ‘n Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon. At the camp, the girls form bands, write music, and ultimately perform for a [...]
