There are films that are destined to remain in the time frame in which they were shot, as the themes do not travel well into the future. Then there are films that explore the human condition and continue to have universal relevance. One of those motion pictures is the 2009 film "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee."
On the morning of February 28, 2020, the T-Boy Society of Film & Music met in Studio City, CA for the final vote on our top 20 Road Movies of all-time. It was one of those beautiful Southern California mornings where the sun was out, the air was fresh with just a hint of dampness on the world-famous Los Angeles River ‘s concrete riverbed.
Couples-on-the-run films are now a sub-genre in Road Movies. They range from the film noirs of Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour and Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy to Jean-Luc Godard’s existentialism in Pierrot le Fou and the anarchic Weekend, where a traffic jam represents the approaching cataclysm that will destroy civilization. Rather timely today.
T-Boy Society of Film & Music member’s lists of their top road movies.
Italian director Giuseppe Capotondi’s directing career kicked off at age 23. He cut his teeth on music videos and over 250 TV commercials, subsequently winning international awards. The Burnt Orange Heresy, his second feature, is a fascinating Hitchcockian mystery which has more twists and turns than a salted pretzel.
Tanel Toom directed the brilliant “Truth And Justice,” Estonia’s entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. Shot for under three million dollars, Rein Kotov’s cinematography gave a mega-million dollar look to the film.
Beth Whitman here. I’m the founder of WanderTours and am your (mostly) fearless leader. I escort groups on most of our trips – the exception being photography trips and yoga retreats where professionals are there to guide and teach you. After my first book was released, Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo, women started asking me to bring them along on my travels.
While I generally don’t begin a review citing production values, I’m compelled to send a love letter to Chanya Button both for the screenplay, co-written with Dame Eileen Atkins, and for her delicate, but commanding direction of this historic, fascinating true story.
Julianne Moore (Julie) is one of Hollywood’s most gifted actors. She has won an Academy Award and an Emmy and was the first American woman to be feted with acting awards at film festivals including, Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Due to her father’s military career, Julianne lived in dozens of countries around the world.
Can you imagine joining screen, stage, and TV legends Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith for an intimate tea party? Would you like to hear them talk about their most interesting personal and professional lives and share secrets about of their experiences?