The 8th in the ongoing series of the Chicago screenings of the L.A. Rebellion touring film series, will continue on Thursday May 23 with a screening of filmmaker Zeinabu irene Davis’ touching and powerful 1999 feature film, Compensation. Ms. Davis, who is also a professor at the Department of Communication at the University of California San Diego, was inspired by a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and tells the stories of two relationships during two different periods of time between one couple at the turn of the 20th Century and another contemporary couple in Chicago, who are deaf. Zeinabu’s use of silence in her film is strikingly original, and can be seen as a metaphor...
- 5/20/2013
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
With today’s release of Takers, a few things have been on my mind...no, it’s not really about the movie in itself nor the pretty…and there’s a lot of pretty in that film! Nah, Today my mind is on crime culture cinema. The first question I would like to pose to you all is: What is this curious fascination some of us have with films that highlight the criminal class of our society?
I thought I would start by examining my own obsession with gangster cinema. I vividly remember the first time I saw Scarface (83); it blew my mind and may have contributed to changing my world view. Watching Al Pacino as Tony Montana stand on that balcony, assault rifle in hand, yelling “You f****** Cockroaches!” was the most surreal thing I had ever seen in my short life. Back then, it was like a dirty...
I thought I would start by examining my own obsession with gangster cinema. I vividly remember the first time I saw Scarface (83); it blew my mind and may have contributed to changing my world view. Watching Al Pacino as Tony Montana stand on that balcony, assault rifle in hand, yelling “You f****** Cockroaches!” was the most surreal thing I had ever seen in my short life. Back then, it was like a dirty...
- 8/27/2010
- by Noelani
- ShadowAndAct
Is it normal after so many surgeries to be in so much pain or is something really wrong?
Heidi Montag is feeling the pain of her 10 major plastic surgeries — so much so that she can’t even sleep at night!
Heidi Tweeted on Jan. 26, “Catching up on sleep! I couldn’t fall asleep due to the pain I was in! I am so excited for a new day.” Heidi, it’s not easy being beautiful — but, you shouldn’t be jeopardizing your health for the pursuit of fame!
Plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Lawrence told HollywoodLife.com, “Out of all the procedures [Heidi] had done, the breast augmentation revision would give her the most long term discomfort.” But still, that should have only lasted “for about three to four weeks. It is rather unusual to still be experiencing pain months after.”
But the recovering patient has been working out a Lot — doing...
Heidi Montag is feeling the pain of her 10 major plastic surgeries — so much so that she can’t even sleep at night!
Heidi Tweeted on Jan. 26, “Catching up on sleep! I couldn’t fall asleep due to the pain I was in! I am so excited for a new day.” Heidi, it’s not easy being beautiful — but, you shouldn’t be jeopardizing your health for the pursuit of fame!
Plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Lawrence told HollywoodLife.com, “Out of all the procedures [Heidi] had done, the breast augmentation revision would give her the most long term discomfort.” But still, that should have only lasted “for about three to four weeks. It is rather unusual to still be experiencing pain months after.”
But the recovering patient has been working out a Lot — doing...
- 1/26/2010
- by lindsey
- HollywoodLife
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