ALSO SEE Laura Deney’s Mermaid Videos!
Love and Kathak
The LA Cake November 20, 2007
Trish and her Park Slope House made this amazing cake, with stikers in front of the Paramount Studios, the Red Carpet, and Dodger Stadium! Had a great time. I will miss my NYC friends dearly…
Antonioni and Bergman passed away this week July 31, 2007
Film directors Antonioni and Bergman passed away this week.
: ( The mastermind who made Blow-Up and L’Avventura has passed away Tuesday at 94.
Today’s haiku:
Michelangelo Anton-
ioni died and
Ingmar Bergman too…ouch! trend!
Bart says, “This picture is RAD!” June 20, 2007
Ay, Caramba…
We’re Spacey Ladies…
Resurrection of the Mir-Maids. It’s me and Jolly, of the intergalactic Valle of the Dolls, ike as in the resurrection of the Russian Space Station MIR. Blasting to outer space or my beloved Coney Island. Yeah! Like all the way man, like Simpons circa 2007 cartoons-movie.
D’oh!
AND, Tails from the Crypt:
San
regarding doc NANKING, unseen/unheard May 4, 2007
I don’t know who to blame for the fact that I did not get to see the documenatry Nanking -as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. I ran into Eddie and Gabe, and collectively, we blame the Japanese, not only for what they did to the Chinese and Koreans, but also for the further humilation of having to wait in line outside of the AMC theater only to be turned away.
OUR Letter to: Iwo Jima
http://sanster.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/letter3.pdf
(I know it’s annoying, but you have to click on it to see it. And, it’s upside down…I don’t have this to an exact science quite yet….)
Flying: Confessions of a Free Women April 22, 2007
A sneak peak to what is coming to theaters
this summer....(Besides the new Spiderman,
which is getting pushed on a global scale)
check out: www.flyingconfessions.com
It will play at Film Forum on July 4th.
Its a 6 part film series about filmmaker
Jennifer Fox traveling to 17 countries and
talking to over 100 different women about
the common experiences and difficulties that
all modern women share.
Is there a red thread that
connects women across the globe?
Grammies and Chicks with Conscience February 15, 2007
Barbara Koppel’s new film is about the controversial Dixie Chicks. I’m going to see this today. Barbara Koppel is absolutely prolific. Look for my upcoming posts in which I review her film “Bearing Witness,” which debuted at Full Frame two years ago.
- San, the one and only–la unica
CASE STUDY: The Dixie Chicks: Still Singing – Shut Up and Sing!
Thursday Feb. 15, 2007
NYWIFT welcomes producer and director Barbara Kopple, a two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker, who, along with co-director Cecilia Peck, takes the audience on the road, behind the scenes, into recording studio and into the homes of the Dixie Chicks – the biggest-selling female group in history–in the acclaimed documentary, The Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing.
In 2003, as the U.S. readied for the Iraq invasion, an offhand remark at a London concert by a member of the Dixie Chicks sent the career of the biggest-selling female group in history into a downward spiral. The film chronicles their comeback amid death threats, political attacks and radio boycotts, ultimately showing their professional dedication and personal perseverance. It was picked up for worldwide distribution by The Weinstein Company and opened theatrically right before the November elections.
NYWIFT Muse Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, with Harlan County USA, 1976, and American Dream, 1990, both taking home honors for Best Documentary Feature. In 1991, Harlan County USA was named to the National Film Registry by Congress and designated an American Film Classic. It was restored by the NYWIFT Women’s Preservation Fund and the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Moderator Christina Kotlar has over 15 years experience in visual media as well as producing and writing credits. She wrote Aid Afghanistan which screened at the 2006 D.C. Film Festival. She founded and produces Film Festival reViews, a weekly podcast focusing on independent filmmaking and the film festival circuit worldwide.
Badsass Godass Mamma from Bklyn February 12, 2007
Esther Bell’s latest feature film,”Exist” received great reviews from the NY Times and Variety. Click on http://www.estherbell.com
LAUNCH PARTY:
“TV on the Radio” Frontman Headlines VIP “Exist” DVD Launch Party— Monday, February 12th, 2007. This politically-charged thriller drama stars newcomers Nic Mevoli, Ben Bartlett and Tunde Adebimpe, the lead singer of the hit band TV on the Radio. Adebimpe whose “Return to Cookie Mountain” was recently honored by Spin Magazine as 2006’s album of the year, will perform at the launch party with his TV on the Radio band mate, Kyp Malone. The party, to be held at the White Rabbit, will also feature the cast and crew of “Exist”, as well as a number of special guests.
Smokin’ Aces… January 26, 2007
San’s Entertainment Weekly E-Newsletter Doo dad:
Smokin Aces was Smokin’ (PS: I can write a negative review of it later.)
Just saw it. Alycia Keys and Common are amazing in this film. If you like Hollywood endings, fast paced editting, Lake Tahoe as a setting, and Jeremy Piven: then go see this film. As you might have guessed it, the latter plays the character of the mastermind prick, who everone in the mafia world is after. The cast includes Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, and has the same mobster feel as “Ocean’s 11″ or a heist-film attitude as like “Locks, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.” It’s worth checking out to see the crazy punk-ass assasins.
PS: there is a comic as well: http://www.smokinaces.net/comic/
Laura Deney’s Doc January 19, 2008
I just reviewed this on you tube. She is the scrabulous filmmaker who also did the beloved Mermaid Day parade films. Damn it, I miss those lovely dames and goddesses! See it below….
The 1 and only San …except for in San Diego and San Rio de Janeiro.