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Little Ashes (2008)
directed by Paul Morrisonreviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanTouching base with Chrysa's post this week about the Gay parade, today I will review a beautiful and little known movie about the friendship and impossible relationship between two of the artistic giants of the XX century: the poet and dramaturge Federico García Lorca and the Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.The movie, a British/Spanish collaboration, is called Little Ashes, the title of an early painting of Dali, the [...]
Midnight in Paris
Directed by Woody AllenReviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanI believe Woody Allen has been directing films for as long as I have been watching them. And that is a long time.It was through Woody Allen's films I discovered Manhattan years before I set foot in the city. And although, I am not a great fan of his, I have watched my share of his movies. Some ( Scoop, 2006) I loved, some (Vicky Cristina Barcelona [...]
The Nine Lives of Chloe King
ABC Family, Tuesdays at 9/8cFor those of you who used to watch Buffy, the Vampire Slayer back in the 1990s, I have good news: there is a new show on television that may grow up to be an enticing alternative. The show is called The Nine Lives of Chloe King and debuted this last Tuesday (June 14) on ABC Family. If you have never heard of this channel and have teenagers in your [...]