Posted on June 3, 2014 at 3:39 pm
I had a lot of fun taking this quiz from Politix — and it got even more fun when I found out that one of the answers came from one of my reviews. (P.S. I got a perfect score.)
Posted on May 7, 2014 at 1:00 am
In honor of Mother’s Day, my ebook 50 Must-See Movies: Mothers
No relationship is more primal, more fraught, more influential, more worried over, more nourishing when good and more devastating when bad that our connection to our mothers. Mom inspires a lot of movies in every possible category, from comedy to romance to drama to crime to animation to horror, from the lowest-budget indie to the biggest-budget prestige film. A lot of women have been nominated for Oscars for playing mothers and just about every actress over age 20 has appeared as a mother in at least one movie. From beloved Marmee in “Little Women” and Mrs. Brown in “National Velvet” to mean moms in “Now Voyager” and “Mommie Dearest.” Oscar-winnng classics and neglected gems, based on real-life like Sally Fields in “Places in the Heart” or fantasy like Dumbo’s lullabye-singing elephant mom, these are all must-see movies.
Posted on April 28, 2014 at 11:07 am
Many thanks to Roger Ebert’s favorite reporter covering Ebertfest, Melissa Merli, for a wonderful interview.
This is her third year at Ebertfest, where she handled the onstage Q-and-A after “Short Term 12” was shown Thursday afternoon. That movie made her Top 10 list last year. As for Ebertfest, she “absolutely” loves it.
“What I love most about it is there is no intense air of competition. Everybody watches the same movies together and talks about them afterward,” she said Friday between screenings.
And for the most complete coverage, be sure to check out rogerebert.com. Hope to see you all there in 2015!
Posted on March 26, 2014 at 3:58 pm
Many thanks to Kevin Sampson for including me in the Picture Lock Women’s History Month special, a panel discussion about the state of women in film, on and off screen. And many thanks to my fellow panelists, casting director Kimberly Skyrme, actress/singer Tia Dae, producer Erin Essenmacher.
Posted on February 14, 2014 at 10:00 am
This weekend only: the Kindle version of my book, 50 Must-See Movies: Weddings
