An Orthodox Hassidic Jewish family in Tel Aviv awaits the birth of the middle daughter Esther’s (Renana Raz) first child. When she goes into labor suddenly and dies giving birth, the family is distraught. Things grow tense when Esther’s husband Yochay (Yiftach Klein) announces he is moving to Belgium to marry again and Esther’s mother begins to pressure her youngest daughter, Shira (Haddas Yaron) to marry Yochay. But Shira is only 18, ten years younger than Yochay, and she... Read more
Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire), a budding financier, rents a flat next door to a mansion owned by the mysterious Jay Gatsby (Leonardo di Caprio) on Long Island during the Jazz Age, 1922 to be exact. Nick’s cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) and her husband Tom (Joe Edgerton), live in a mansion across the inlet where a green light flashes at the end of the dock – beckoning or warning? Gatsby throws extravagant parties that the rich and famous attend uninvited. The... Read more
A few weeks ago a blog writer for Loyola Press contacted me for an interview for their “Arts & Faith” page. Here is the interview – thank you so much, Loyola Press (Elizabeth Elliott and Rosemary Lane). Catholic Nun and Film Critic Finds God’s Grace at Movies Read more
Canadian director and former child actress (Avonlea), Sarah Polley, has made an fascinating kind-of documentary about her family, and her parentage especially, in “The Stories We Tell.” From her mother Diane’s death when Sarah was eleven years old, rumors began to circulate that her biological father was not the father who raised her, Michael Polley. Over time Sarah decided to tell her story via a documentary film, even though some cast members are actors. She looks at the nature of... Read more
Some of the 2012 students on the tour of Sony Studios Announcing our “Advanced Certificate in Media Literacy Course” Sunday, July 7 – Saturday July 13, 2013 Click here for details & registration form For more information contact Sr. Jennifer at PCMS@PaulineMedia.com Registration deadline: June 25, 2013 Read more
As time goes by I continue to receive inquiries about writing or reading a script that will save the world and change Hollywood. Today someone asked me how to get an agent so he can get his script to Mel Gibson. Gibson’s office finally replied to him after a year that they will only consider a script that comes through an agent. There are many books available on screenwriting and how to get your movie made in Hollywood. You can... Read more
PBS Independent Lens Premieres Monday, May 13 Check local listings On May 5 the officer in charge of the Air Force’s efforts to confront sexual assault, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, was arrested for sexual battery in Virginia . The tragic irony of this arrest occurring days before the premiere of the new documentary “The Invisible War” by the Oscar and Emmy- nominated team of director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering, cannot be overstated. This deeply disturbing documentary is... Read more
This French film won Best Screenplay at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, but I am not quite sure why. It tells the personal story of the filmmaker Olivier Assayas, a kind of semi-autobiography. It starts off well enough in a high school classroom in Paris 1971, when a teacher reads from Blaise Pascal: “Between us and Heaven or Hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.” From then on, the film follows the main character,... Read more
Indian/Canadian director Deepa Mehta’s cinematic interpretation of Salmon Rushdie’s 1981 Booker Prize-winning novel “Midnight’s Children” is a vibrant epic that spans about 30 years and has a cast of thousands. It tells the story of two baby boys who were born precisely at midnight on Aug. 15, 1947, when India gained independence from Great Britain. The nurse, Mary Pereira (Seema Biswas), a Catholic, switched the boys soon after birth, meaning that the child of the poor father would grow up... Read more
On the day five friends graduate from college their hopes soar as high as their mortarboards. Ale’ (Erin Bethea) and Ethan (Shawn Caulin-Young) are brother and sister and are very close with Catherine (Kate Cobb), Ryder (Matthew Florida), Luke (T.J. Dalrymple). Bob (Eric Roberts) is dad to Ale’ and Ethan and he runs a grill where the young people hang out to talk about their plans. Catherine gets a job in finance but Ethan has to work at the... Read more
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