10 Most Recent Films Watched

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TEN MOST RECENT FILMS WATCHED: In honor of the wonderfulness of Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN: The legendary women edition from Films Gone Wild

By admin 9 years ago

In honor of the wonderfulness of Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN, this group of films has a loose connection of amazing women, including; the incredibly underrated director that Ida Lupino was (THE HITCH-HIKER), a “I’m having more fun than I should be allowed” performance by Glenn Close in THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, a Marilyn Monroe double feature, one of Julie Andrews’ somewhat less-heralded favorites (for me at least) gems (THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY), as well as an extremely late-to-the-party screening of ROGUE ONE.

TEN MOST RECENT FILMS WATCHED: Nicholas Ray ‘s JOHNNY GUITAR among unheralded cool films at The Harlem International Film Festival from Films Gone Wild

By admin 9 years ago

This list is dominated by the films I saw at the Harlem International Film Festival. Since my duties at this fest included doing A LOT of film introductions and Q&As, I saw more films than usual at a fest I am doing the press & PR thing at. But that was a big win for me, as I saw films not necessarily in my wheelhouse that I really enjoyed, appreciated, and affected me quite a bit. Making discoveries at film festivals is what it is all about – and that is exactly what happened here.

TEN MOST RECENT FILMS WATCHED: Showcasing Dorie Barton ‘s GIRL FLU: From DIFF to EARTHxFilm to the Florida Film Festival from Films Gone Wild

By admin 9 years ago

From film festival to film festival, I wrapped up the Dallas International Film Festival, immediately went into the brand new EARTHxFilm festival (both of which I am the publicist for), and from there headed directly to the Florida Film Festival, where I had been asked to be on the Narrative Jury. So, the film choices were laid out for me, and I happily took them in…

TEN MOST RECENT FILMS WATCHED: GIMME DANGER Jim Jarmusch Tops the list: Catching up on stuff I’d missed at fests and watching some cool “finds” on VOD from Films Gone Wild

By admin 9 years ago

I was kinda all over the map with this group of ten films. Bookended by films I’d meant to see or missed at festivals (ELLE, TALLULAH, DEIDRA AND LANEY ROB A TRAIN, GIMME DANGER), the first bit of homework for DIFF (BERLIN SYNDROME), and a couple “look at this good movie with all these stars that made a beeline for VOD (BRIMSTONE, THE HOLLOW POINT).