On Wednesday, I was scheduled for my last Film Fest volunteer shift from noonish – 11:45 – to 4:00. I put on the work calendar that I was on vacay, but actually worked at home in the morning. Had a big bowl of cereal for breakfast, and then walked to Sundance at Hilldale. I […]
On the Sunday of the film fest, we went to three movies. We started with a double feature: The last seder, by Marc Kornblatt, and Off the Menu: Asian American, by Grace Lee. Both were good – Lee’s was a little more wide-ranging. She went to Texas, where she visited the sushi king of Texas, […]
Although I think it already has. Since I last wrote – over a week ago, when I was making cookies for election night – I’ve volunteered for and watched a bunch of movies at the WI Film Fest. On Wednesday, after work, I went to my film fest volunteer training, then I came home […]
Sunday was our biggest film fest day – three movies, starting with Gabrielle, about two sweet kids with disabilities, in love. The woman who plays Gabrielle the character is also named Gabrielle – Gabrielle Marion-Rivard. She has Williams Syndrome in real life as in film; the actor that plays her boyfriend Martin does not […]
So Friday was part of the film fest, although we didn’t go to any movies. We were supposed to, or at least I had two tickets for The Dog, a documentary about John Wojtowicz, the person who Al Pacino’s character in Dog Day Afternoon is based on. The Dog was showing at 4:15 in the […]
Today’s the first day of the WI Film Fest. We’re going to one movie, Salvo. I think it’s kind of an Italian gangster movie – IMDB says the main character is a hit man. Toni’s film studies teacher recommended it. The movie’s not until 8:45, so it’s already been a work day. Into the office […]
On Tuesday, I worked at home, got out into the sunshine to walk to campus for a meeting, and the film of the day was Sister. About a 12-year-old boy and a young woman he says is his sister (later in the movie the relationship turns out to be something else). They live in […]
Here’s are my ticket stubs from our Friday, Saturday & Sunday movies. I think maybe last year I shot them with a tripod so the text would look better – hmm, maybe not <grin>. Anyways, Friday was Korean gangsters, “The Nameless Gangster”. It wasn’t like the Korean jewel thieves movie we saw at TIFF, […]
Three movies watched, five to go. I’ll start photographing the ticket stubs with the titles tomorrow. Korean gangsters, French high school students and teacher, and the 2nd one today was Romanian. If I intersperse the food, the way I did with TIFF, I’d have to say that Friday was an ordinary work day, foodwise – […]