FILM FRIDAY THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
in lieu of the horrible events that have occurred in boston, afghanistan, texas and syria this past week, my film friday post is about war. specifically about one man's journey to show us the realities...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY WASP
short and oh so wonderful. today's film friday is the oscar winning short film ‘wasp’ by the most amazing director andrea arnold. it's 20 minutes of raw, truthful and heartfelt storytelling. 'wasp'...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY LUNCH HOUR
"the most important film for an american to see if you have a child or know someone who has one." louis psihoyos, oscar winning director of 'the cove' lunch hour is a feature documentary by...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE
i'm a huge fan of documentaries. and a huge fan of beautifully shot movies. so the documentary tell them who you are, about cinematographer haskell wexler, is right up my alley. this film is directed...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY NOW YOU SEE ME
i don't usually pick blockbuster movies for film fridays, but i saw now you see me this weekend. this isn't a review since i don't want to discuss a spoiler alert and i'm not a film critic. i am going...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY I AM BRADLEY MANNING
this is not a full movie, but it's such and important'film'. nothing more for me to say. please retweet/post on fb. thank you. xoxoxox blessings, annette
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY MUD
loved this movie! mud. the camerawork is gorgeous, the acting lovely. please go see this indie film. xo, annette
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY FORKS OVER KNIVES
forks over knives is this week's friday pick. although most of my film friday picks are traditional docs and features, the information in this film is vitally important given the state of our planet...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
okay today's film friday(sorry it's sunday) is the incredible documentary entitled 'the house i live in.' it's a stark and honest look at america's war on drugs. it's a movie about social justice as...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY BLACKFISH
this is from the website for blackfish, my film friday pick: "blackfish tells the story of tilikum, a performing killer whale that killed several people while in captivity. along the way,...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN
my film friday pick is yet another documentary! because of what's happening right now in zimbabwe with robert mugabe's re-election, i thought this a fitting pick. 'mugabe and the white...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY STRANGER THINGS
when i was in nyc for the ifp lab with our film 'perfection', our fellow ifp lab filmmakers ron and eleanor were working on a most lovely movie called 'stranger things'. lucky for everyone...it's now...
View ArticlePLASTICS = NO GOOD
so it's 2013 and it's time to wake up to the reality that plastics suck. they really do. they break down into little particles and get mixed up in our soils and our waterways and poison living things....
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY 80'S DOUBLE FEATURE
film friday pick is going waaaaaay back......my brother-in-law keva rosenfeld, directed his first film in 1984. it's an amazing high school documentary called 'all american high' and it's screening...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY UNDEFEATED
another documentary is my film friday pick. undefeated is a study in great characters, tension and and high stakes. this movie won an academy award. a classic story well-told. watch it here. xo, annette
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY PERFECTION INTERVIEW
today's friday pick is our own film 'perfection. writer/director/actress christina beck cut together this interview she and i did during shooting, where we talked about the making of this lovely film....
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY 12 YEARS A SLAVE
i am looking forward to seeing steve mcqueen's newest film '12 years a slave'. mcqueen's movies('shame' and'hunger') are brutal and i'm sure mcqueen doesn't hold back depicting the horrors of slavery....
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY THE MOTH - ALAN RABINOWITZ
storytelling takes many forms and though i'm a fan of the visual medium, the written word and spoken word are equally amazing and powerful.here's one of the best audio story pieces i've ever heard....
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY APOLLO 13
houston, we have a problem.we watched this movie again over the weekend in the waiting room of our car dealership. jeez it's good. we actually waited an extra 1/2 hour in the waiting room to watch the...
View ArticleFILM FRIDAY STELLA MCCARTNEY
writing can be a lonely experience and when i'm stuck, i'm always on the lookout for inspiration. most of the time i find it in unexpected places and circumstances; an overheard conversation, a new...
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