Category Archives: Film
Wanna Go To New Orleans – All Expenses Paid?
What beats visiting New Orleans during Jazz Fest in April? Easy. Visiting New Orleans during its annual film festival in October – for FREE! The New Orleans Film Society, The Hotel Modern, Tamarind by Dominique and Limousine Livery are giving … Continue reading
Christian Grey & Anastasia Steele Casting Wish List
by Cristina WollenbergHenry Cavill Felicity Jones Ever since Universal Pictures/Focus Features won the bid to bring the trilogy … Continue reading
New Orleans Film Festival Competitive Features
The New Orleans Film Society announces the Narrative and Documentary Competition feature film selections that will compete for a grand jury prize at the 23rd Annual New Orleans Film Festival to take place at venues across New Orleans October 11 … Continue reading
The Best of the Fests 2012
by Cristina Wollenberg While everyone else in America is excited about Football season, I’m much more interested in Oscar Season. As September rolled in, so did the Telluride Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. … Continue reading
Hollywood’s Powerful Women – Emma Thomas
by Cristina Wollenberg Remember the saying “behind every great man, there’s a great woman”? Well, in this case, it couldn’t be more appropriate. Producer Emma Thomas met her husband and creative partner Christopher Nolan when they were both attending University … Continue reading
Watch it Now: Take This Waltz
by Cristina Wollenberg- Unlike her character in Blue Valentine, Michelle Williams’s Margot is one perfectly content wife in Take This Waltz. That until another man comes along and sweeps her off her feet. (literally, at one point he offers her a lift … Continue reading
‘Beasts’ Comes Home for NOLA Premiere
by Cristina Wollenberg After three failed attempts to see Beasts of the Southern Wild in Sundance back in January, I was so thrilled to finally experience the film this week. I believe that we are witnessing the birth of something … Continue reading
5 Flicks Not To Miss This Summer
by Cristina Wollenberg 1. Safety Not Guaranteed DIRECTOR: Colin Trevorrow CAST: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni Aubrey Plaza stars as Darius, a magazine intern who along with another intern and a staff writer was assigned to find … Continue reading
(Bob) Marley & Me
By Cristina Wollenberg In 1994, among the many gifts I picked out for my 12th birthday were two Bob Marley tee shirts: one in black and one in white. One of them read “Proud to be Jamaican.” I felt so … Continue reading
Tribeca Online Film Festival
By Cristina Wollenberg Three years ago, the Tribeca Film Festival and American Express came up with this great concept of presenting selected films in the program through what they call the Tribeca Online Film Festival. This year, four World Premiere … Continue reading
