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THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENTANT

March 10, 2017 By 1 Comment

THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENTANT

THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENANT is a slight but eminently humane story, lushly filmed, and richly romantic.  It follows the classic tropes of the romance genre, enhanced with nuanced performances that elevate what might otherwise be stock characters in a plot with few surprises. The biggest surprise being that it is so satisfying as entertainment, and as… Read More »

Tagged With: 1914, Anatolia, Armenian Genocide, Hagia Sophia, romance, travel, turkey, war

THEO WHO LIVED — David Schisgall Interview

December 19, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THEO WHO LIVED — David Schisgall Interview

THEO WHO LIVED is a story of the remarkable empathy its subject, American journalist Theo Padnos, found for the captors who tortured him after being kidnapped in Syria in 2012.  David Schisgall’s sensitive, heart-wrenching documentary about Theo, like Theo himself, finds the humanity in everyone. Preferring to see people as individuals rather than stereotypes, it’s… Read More »

Tagged With: Al Qaeda, documentary, empathy, Evil Empire, FBI, hostage, ISIS, James Foley, Political kidnapping, Syria, terrorism, turkey

FIRE AT SEA (Fuocoammare) — Gianfranco Rosi Interview

December 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment

FIRE AT SEA  (Fuocoammare) — Gianfranco Rosi Interview

Gianfranco Rosi had intended to make a 10-minute film about the refugees who find themselves on the island of Lampedusa, but once there, he quickly decided that the complexity of the situation demanded more. Hence FIRE AT SEA, short-listed for an Oscar™ and otherwise garnering praise for its sensitive, incisive look at how refugees and… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, Italy, Lampedusa, Libya, Mediterranean, Operation Mare Nostrum, Refugees, sea rescue, Syria, turkey

Paul Mariano Describes What It’s Like BEING GEORGE CLOONEY

June 8, 2016 By 1 Comment

Paul Mariano Describes What It’s Like BEING GEORGE CLOONEY

Any film, and any filmmaker, who can make Mussolini part of the story of film dubbing is a film, and a filmmaker, that I want to know. With BEING GEORGE CLOONEY, and Paul Mariano, I was amply rewarded for my time watching this illuminating documentary about the voice actors who put Italian (French, Hindi, Portuguese, etc.)… Read More »

Tagged With: Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, creative artist, cultural impact, Disney, documentary, dubbing, George Clooney, Germany, Goldcrest Films NYC, Istanbul, Je Suis Brad Pitt, Kurt Norton, lawsuit, Mussolini, Ocean’s 11, Ocean’s 12, Paul Mariano, Steven Sodebergh, Steven Spielberg, studio profits, turkey, voice actors

Katie Holmes & Peter Hedges Assemble PIECES OF APRIL

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Katie Holmes & Peter Hedges Assemble PIECES OF APRIL

There is not a doubt in my mind that PIECES OF APRIL will be a new holiday classic. If nothing else, it gives the cooking-impaired among us hope as it pits heroine April against a balky stove and a raw turkey. When I spoke to APRIL’s star, Katie Holmes, and its writer/director, Peter Hedges, on… Read More »

Tagged With: car tri, Katie Holmes, New York City, Peter Hedges, terminal disease, Thanksgiving, turkey

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