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Remedios Varo Uranga. (16 DEC 1908 – 8 OCT 1963). Remedios was born in Spain and died in Mexico. She was only 54 years of age and was on the verge of being recognised as a viable artist, when she suffered a heart attack and died. She is thought of as being a surrealist painter […]… Continue reading Women Artist Worth Knowing… (my top) — Omnia Caelum… Poetry, Art, Music

While a movie about a painting may seem about as fun as watching portrait dry, Lady on Fire’s best moment is, in fact, the finishing touch — when Marianne, the artist, finally captures Héloïse, her subject, in her truest light. In one moving shot, Héloïse listens to Vivaldi and we suddenly experience the entire relationship… Continue reading Portrait of a Lady on Fire — Billy Movie Reviews

The moments in Honeyland that stay (stick?) with me are the small, happy ones: Hatidze coloring her hair, or cheerleading a backyard wrestling match between the boys next door, or finding “You are So Beautiful,” almost miraculously, on her makeshift radio. Life’s joys, revealed when we lower the defenses we prepare for our intruders. via Honeyland… Continue reading Honeyland — Billy Movie Reviews

Set in 1825 during the Black War in Tasmania, The Nightingale is a different kind of revenge story. Young Clare, our unlikely Liam Neeson, begins the movie by calming the nerves of military soldiers, soothing them with her sweet ballads. Even the most evil men —and trust me, Officer Hawkins (played by Sam Claflin) is… Continue reading The Nightingale — Billy Movie Reviews

This video by Toy Story 3 screenwriter Michael Arndt is one I return to often. It’s so well done. Just click on the “Watch on Vimeo” and enjoy. via Oscar Winning Screenwriter Michael Arndt on ‘Beginnings: Setting a Story in Motion’ — Screenwriting from Iowa

Sean Baker’s The Florida Project tells the story of six-year-old Moonee and her misadventures as a naive girl living in poverty. With compelling acting from Brooklyn Prince (who was only seven at the time the movie came out), breathtaking cinematography by Alexis Zabe, and captivating shots from Sean Baker, this film quickly became one of […]… Continue reading The Fine Line Between Art and Entertainment — Off The Script Films

By Sanyukta Thakare DisGraced is unexpectedly fun and raw, just as the leading character Grace Greene. The 8 part show follows Grace several years after her big break which turned out to be a dud, despite the immense fan following for her film. The best part is, DisGraced is an episodic series, we are not […]… Continue reading DisGraced: A Humorous Take On Everything Wrong With Entertainment Industry — The Art Of Monteque

To hear many male critics tell it, lesbians were invented sometime in the 1970s, alongside women’s rights and the clitoris. The aggressively ahistorical nature of this attitude (and we all know it’s ahistorical, yes?) is as much a result of the lack of availability of non-mainstream films pre-1970—ones that were not made, produced by, or […]… Continue reading Damestruck: Olivia (1951) — Citizen Dame

Cinemark, the nation’s third-largest movie theater chain, unveiled plans Wednesday to resume business in its U.S. locations. The company will begin a phased reopening with five cinemas in Dallas on June 19, with the rest of its theaters back up between July 3 and July 17. Cinemark will reopen with enhanced cleaning and sanitizing protocols,… via… Continue reading How Cinemark Plans to Reopen U.S. Movie Theaters During Coronavirus — Variety

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is following in his footsteps by making a giant leap into the music industry. via Michael Jackson’s Daughter Paris, 22, Teases Her Debut Song With The Soundflowers — Listen — Hollywood Life