As I was watching Halston, and Jose his friend, and Liza and Elsa, the women who adored him, and Victor who was his lover, and the snobbish world he was part of, I was trying to figure out why I find it so compelling. New York was far away from my growing up in Mexico. … More HALSTON on Netflix
By Lupita Franco Peimbert Boniface Mwangi is a charismatic man who grew up poor in Kenya. His parents called him “Softie,” but later they found out he was everything but that. He went from successful photojournalist for CNN, to activist and to political candidate in a Kenya full of corruption and violence. In this highly … More Kenyan Journalist Boniface Mwangi Runs For Office Risking His Life and Family – A Must Watch!
I have just watched a live streaming of Sky Blossom, a documentary about American families taking care of each other. In those families, children and millennials are playing a key role as caretakers. And they do it because they love their father or grandfather who is now in need of assistance. Watching their stories and … More Children and Millennials Are Stepping Forward to Care for Family Members #SkyBlossom
(San Francisco, CA) The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, with the support and collaboration of the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and the Special Projects and Unexpected Needs (SPUN) grant of Grants for the Arts, will present the virtual film festival Berlin & Beyond in Focus, November 19-21, 2020. This heritage program commemorates the past, present, and future of Berlin & Beyond, correlating … More Online and Free, The Berlin and Beyond Film Festival is Around the Corner!
By Lupita Franco Peimbert. Most of us are looking for things to do while staying at home because of #COVID-19, and in the process, we are realizing we could spend the rest of our lives catching up with the memories and experiences we’ve had. Unforgettable films are a big part of the treasure trunk we … More #StayingAtHome —These 5 Films Will Melt Your Heart and Make You Smile.
The Chaperone is remarkable. A young, rebellious girl from Wichita, Kansas, is set to be in New York City to study dance and to audition for a prestigious modern dance company, but her parents won’t let her go alone but rather be accompanied by a Chaperone who can ensure decorum. It is the 1920’s after … More The Chaperone is Remarkable!
Green Book #OscarBestFilm shows our commonality and the power of understanding.
Mujer Soltera Podcast #13 Curiosamente, la película Roma te habla también de las mujeres solas. Hazle clic aquí: ROMA y las mujeres además de Yalitzia Aparicio. Este episodio es parte del Podcast en Español “Mujer Soltera”, by Lupita Franco Peimbert.
(Film) – As expected, a French film depicting the 60’s must be dramatic, very much. Godard Mon Amour makes such drama and Jean-Luc Godard’s suffering somewhat funny, somewhat thoughtful. The moments of historical relevance such as the protests in Paris, and the beauty of the south of France -because of the Cannes Festival, definitely add … More Godard Mon Amour is French Love.
By Lupita Peimbert (Film) – She was a Hollywood actress of immense beauty; she was considered a bombshell because of the sexually she emanated. But for being pretty and sexy she paid the price that beautiful and sexy women have paid for centuries in societies led by unevolved, controlling young and old men: she was … More Why Every Pretty Woman Must See the Film About Hedy Lamarr.
By Lupita Peimbert (Film) – A film with the right amount of tension, raw emotions, and camera movement. A woman who up until then had a happy life and a happy family loses everything in an instant after a bomb explodes killing her husband Nuri and son Rocco. She wants the killers to be punished. … More A Woman’s Rage – In The Fade
(San Francisco Bay Area) – The struggles 3 Palestinian-Israeli women face in a world that is part old and part new show us that the traditions and values in the Arab World as contrasting as universal. Very. Women still face the punishment and stigma given by those who think women should behave in a certain way … More In Between – At The Jewish Film Festival.
(Film ) – Finding Oscar is an outstanding documentary about the 1982 horrific acts against the peaceful people in Dos Erres, a Guatemalan village. It is for audiences that care about world events, peace, and justice. A high quality piece of storytelling, Finding Oscar is a true story that touches you not only … More This Film Will Make You Cry.
Masterfully played by Isabelle Huppert, Michèle is a mature woman and the head of a successful company in the video game industry, until she becomes a victim. … More Nobody Would Know What Happened, But ‘Elle’
By Lupita Peimbert (Film) – Mark was having the life of the usual teenager, the son of a functional immigrant family in Canada: parties, free time, a few responsibilities, and a nice room to hang out and call it his own. When Natasha arrived from Latvia, she brought with her a dysfunctional upbringing: anger and … More Natasha at the Jewish Film Festival.
Blue Blood is quite a story in the already full-of-stories life at a brazilian circus, and it happens when Circo Netuno returns to a volcanic archipelago two hundred miles off Brazil’s northeast coast. The film centers on the Cannon Man, an attractive young man who returns home to find the years have not diminished the taboo attraction … More Blue Blood: Brasil represented at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
