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Reviews
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Joy and Moxie make a great match!
This delightful film brings us a return of the fun "New York Love Story" film. In the 70's we had a rash of these that provided delightful, insightful, and comedic jaunts into people's private affairs. Jennifer and Heather have done an excellent job of writing; they have crafted, on screen, all the girl emotions and resolutions they can imagine to this point in their lives.
Witty, well-acted and very well cast, this film is a sure bet for a good time at the flicks.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
essential now
This film, long overdue, is a must see for anyone who cares about the life they live in America. True to the events, and true to the book, this film is a perfect piece of art combined with documentary to give the general public a taste of what is required for our kind of privileged lifestyle we have, on these shores, to be maintained. It also provokes the question: do we need to police the world?
Hopefully, the film will bolster our support of our troups while making sure we question our government and its motives at every turn as we proceed into the Unknown. The blatant ignoring of this incident when it occurred is an unforgivable faux pas by our own country. The world festers in many places; we need to acknowledge when we are contributing to the disease and learn to stand down, when and if appropriate. Hopefully, this film reminds all of us to remain alert.
De stilte rond Christine M. (1982)
The right question
Brilliantly posed, the Question of Silence found it's way into US theatres at a very appropriate moment.(1983) The lack of response in the US to this film revealed, to women who had worked through the agonies of trying to get men to "see" something other than their own vain point of view, the dense, monolithic proportion of hate and ignorance for women that most men men hold. The fact that the women characters consciously acknowledged the sense of humiliation that drove them to the rage that enabled them eviscerate the entrenched, historically priggish and stupid Man (the Shopkeeper) that they had endured through their own lives (and the lives of all women before them)made the POV in this film mind-boggling to most viewers. The arguments between the two lawyers (couple) and the disbelief of the Judges further proved the accuracy of the film's "take" on attitudes of men. Men who were in the Lumiere theatre when I saw it left mumbling to themselves. This film jolts people out of their ordinary positions on matters of conscience and action. In that respect alone, it is art of the best kind, the kind that stimulates the viewer to think anew. Not unlike Vagina Monologues in its power to shift awareness, this jewel should be kept in the public's eye by any means necessary.