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The Shirelles played BB King’s
May 28th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Beverly Lee) The Shirelles featuring one of the original members – Beverly Lee were on hand at BB King’s Blues Club on 42nd Street to rattle off a fun set of timeless Shirelle songs as well as other familiar hits from the Temptations, The Four Tops, Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Anita Baker, […]
Tags: 1960's girl groups, doo wop, girl group, music, the shirelles
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Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
May 27th, 2013 by Mr. C
To counteract the events in the city that we often find ourselves diving into with a swarm of hip folks on the hunt for the coolest events that our metropolis has to offer, I sometimes love to take refuge at places that your mom or grandmother might find cool. I’m no gardener or plant connoisseur […]
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Fab 5 Freddy at The Museum of the Moving Image
May 20th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Fab 5 Freddy at the Museum of the Moving Image) To celebrate SPECTACLE: The Music Video exhibit, Chocko & I attended the event “An Evening with Fab 5 Freddy” hosted at the Museum of The Moving Image in Queens which was moderated by Warrington Hudlin last friday night! We almost didn’t make it because of […]
Tags: hip hop, lecture, museum of the moving image, music videos, spoken word
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THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI screening : 2013 Montclair Film Festival
May 8th, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: Bill Siegel Genre: Documentary on Muhammad Ali This film is easily one of my favorite Muhammad Ali movies as it sets forth to document his other brand of fisticuffs which did not take part inside the boxing ring but rather in a staunch toe to toe fight with humanity and the United States court […]
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reflections of Montclair/MFF13
May 8th, 2013 by Mr. C
(all photos by mr. c) The following are just a few images that we captured that sums up our weekend at the 2013 Montclair Film Festival. Besides catching a few screenings, we went to a documentary panel of filmmakers; a comedy event starring the three writers and producers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart […]
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DOCS-IN-PROGRESS panel at the 2013 Montclair Film Festival
May 7th, 2013 by Mr. C
(All photos below by mr c) (R-L: Jerome Bongiorno,Marylou Bongiorno,Julie Winokur,Dawn Porter,Nancy Abraham) We had missed the Race and Film panel earlier in the day in which film critics from Grantland, New York magazine & Variety discussed how they approach race when writing about film. But we were able to catch the very informative DOCS-IN-PROGRESS […]
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THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE screening at Montclair Film Festival
May 6th, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: George Tillman Jr. Stars: Skylan Brooks,Ethan Dizon,Jennifer Hudson,Jordan Sparks Genre: Drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete is a down and out urban version of Home Alone with additional subject matter that addresses much of the social and economic issues flooding our cities today. Instead of the suburban home, we are presented with […]
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THE ATTACK screening : 2013 Montclair Film Festival
May 3rd, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: Ziad Doueiri Stars: Ali Suliman,Evgenia Dodena,Reymond Amsalem,Dvir Benedek,Uri Gavriel Genre: Drama, Thriller From the local, small time thugs in the U.K. from WASTELAND to a much bigger stage and unfortunately, somewhat realistic happenings in our world today comes this disturbing but excellent film – THE ATTACK. The skinny of the film takes us on […]
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WASTELAND screening : 2013 Montclair Film Festival
May 1st, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: Rowan Athale Stars: Luke Treadaway,Timothy Spall,Iwan Rheon,Matthew Lewis,Neil Maskell Genre: Suspense, thriller, heist On my initial artificial inspection of Wasteland and opening sequences of the film, my reaction was that this movie was going to be a very grimy, seedy, & dark film. In retrospect, that view shattered my preconceived notions. Actually, the setting […]
Tags: british film, heist, mff2013, montclair film festival
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The Chinese Martial Arts Film class at NYU
April 30th, 2013 by Mr. C
Now this is a class that I would love to take if money was not an issue! Take the Fu back to the classroom. Enroll now! — THE CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS FILM at New York University — Class description: The Chinese Martial Arts Film H72.0324 4 Credits Instructor(s): Z. Zhen H72.0324.001 Wednesday 12:30 – 4:30PM […]
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Montclair Film Festival : April 29-May 5
April 29th, 2013 by Mr. C
The 2nd annual Montclair Film Festival is upon us starting today April 29 – May 5, 2013! I’m proud to say that I went to College at Montclair and even worked at one of the movie theaters that is participating in the festival. Though, I must admit that I’ve been out of touch with the […]
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Richie Havens
April 26th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Richie Havens @ the Barre Opera House in Vermont/2009 -photo by mr c) I just wanted to throw some mentions to a folk musician that had passed away earlier in the week who created plenty of great music that healed the soul – the one and only – Richie Havens. Havens also reinterpreted pop & […]
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