The month of October is an exciting time of year for kids—and also those of us who still consider ourselves “kids at heart”—and with that in mind, I wanted to put together a collection of fun and festive cocktails that you can serve up at your Halloween gatherings, or just mix up anytime you want to get into the “spirit” of the season over the next few weeks.
Halloween Blood Orange Martini
When Blood Oranges season begins, it’s a big moment in our house, as we’re huge fans of the crisp tartness of this fruit (especially when paired with cranberries), particularly in the fall. With that in mind, I thought these Halloween Blood Orange Martinis (via Culinary Ginger) would be a great drink to serve this month, and while the recipe doesn’t call for it, I feel like adding a few cranberries to this martini...
Halloween Blood Orange Martini
When Blood Oranges season begins, it’s a big moment in our house, as we’re huge fans of the crisp tartness of this fruit (especially when paired with cranberries), particularly in the fall. With that in mind, I thought these Halloween Blood Orange Martinis (via Culinary Ginger) would be a great drink to serve this month, and while the recipe doesn’t call for it, I feel like adding a few cranberries to this martini...
- 10/10/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Janet Patterson, a costume designer who worked on several Jane Campion films and amassed four Oscar nominations over a 30-year career, has died. Rocco Hindman, head of the agency that repped Patterson, told the Associated Press that she died recently in Australia but did not provide details, including her age. She launched her career with the 1984 Australian TV series Sweet and Sour and the 1986 miniseries Palace of Dreams, then turned her focus exclusively to features…...
- 10/26/2016
- Deadline
Section to include world premiere of Bertrand Tavernier doc; a cinema masterclass with William Friedkin and a tribute to documentary giants Raymond Depardon and Frederick Wiseman.
Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary about French cinema Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français will receive a world premiere at the Cannes Classic section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22).
The revered French filmmaker has described his latest work as an expression of “gratitude to all the filmmakers, writers, actors and musicians that have appeared suddenly in my life.”
Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français is a Little Bear-Gaumont-Pathé co-production and was made in participation with Canal+, Cine+ and the Sacem, with the support of Région Ile-de-France and Cnc. Gaumont will handle international sales and Pathé have distribution in France. The film will be released in theaters in October 2016.
As in previous years, Cannes Classic will also feature nine documentaries about cinema and restored prints of 20 international classics including rare gems...
Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary about French cinema Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français will receive a world premiere at the Cannes Classic section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22).
The revered French filmmaker has described his latest work as an expression of “gratitude to all the filmmakers, writers, actors and musicians that have appeared suddenly in my life.”
Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français is a Little Bear-Gaumont-Pathé co-production and was made in participation with Canal+, Cine+ and the Sacem, with the support of Région Ile-de-France and Cnc. Gaumont will handle international sales and Pathé have distribution in France. The film will be released in theaters in October 2016.
As in previous years, Cannes Classic will also feature nine documentaries about cinema and restored prints of 20 international classics including rare gems...
- 4/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
Section to include a cinema masterclass with William Friedkin, the 70th anniversary of the Fipresci prize, a tribute to documentary giants Raymond Depardon and Frederick Wiseman and the double Palme d’Or of 1966.
Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary about French cinema Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français will receive a world premiere at the Cannes Classic section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22).
The legendary French filmmaker has described his latest work as an expression of “gratitude to all the filmmakers, writers, actors and musicians that have appeared suddenly in my life.”
Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français is a Little Bear-Gaumont-Pathé co-production and was made in participation with Canal+, Cine+ and the Sacem, with the support of Région Ile-de-France and Cnc. Gaumont will handle international sales and Pathé have distribution in France. The film will be released in theaters in October 2016.
As in previous years, Cannes Classic will also feature nine documentaries about cinema and restored...
Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary about French cinema Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français will receive a world premiere at the Cannes Classic section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22).
The legendary French filmmaker has described his latest work as an expression of “gratitude to all the filmmakers, writers, actors and musicians that have appeared suddenly in my life.”
Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français is a Little Bear-Gaumont-Pathé co-production and was made in participation with Canal+, Cine+ and the Sacem, with the support of Région Ile-de-France and Cnc. Gaumont will handle international sales and Pathé have distribution in France. The film will be released in theaters in October 2016.
As in previous years, Cannes Classic will also feature nine documentaries about cinema and restored...
- 4/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
Now that most of the Cannes Film Festival 2016 line-up has been settled when it comes to new premieres, their Cannes Classics sidebar of restored films is not only a treat for those attending, but a hint at what we can expect to arrive at repertory theaters and labels like Criterion in the coming years.
Today they’ve unveiled their line-up, which is toplined by Bertrand Tavernier‘s new 3-hour and 15-minute documentary about French cinema, Voyage à travers le cinéma français. They will also be screening William Friedkin‘s Sorcerer following his masterclass. Along with various documentaries, both classics in the genre and ones about films, they will also premiere new restorations of Andrei Tarkovsky‘s Solaris, Jean-Luc Godard‘s Masculin féminin, two episodes of Krzysztof Kieślowski‘s The Decalogue, as well as films from Kenji Mizoguchi, Marlon Brando, Jacques Becker, Mario Bava, and more.
Check out the line-up below.
Today they’ve unveiled their line-up, which is toplined by Bertrand Tavernier‘s new 3-hour and 15-minute documentary about French cinema, Voyage à travers le cinéma français. They will also be screening William Friedkin‘s Sorcerer following his masterclass. Along with various documentaries, both classics in the genre and ones about films, they will also premiere new restorations of Andrei Tarkovsky‘s Solaris, Jean-Luc Godard‘s Masculin féminin, two episodes of Krzysztof Kieślowski‘s The Decalogue, as well as films from Kenji Mizoguchi, Marlon Brando, Jacques Becker, Mario Bava, and more.
Check out the line-up below.
- 4/20/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Netflix finally premiered the original series, “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day At Camp,” the prequel series to the cult hit film. Not only do we see the return of All the cast members from the film but also an origin story to why these characters are the way they are. It’s beautiful.
To honor the magnificent prequel series, here are two cocktails that will complete any summer celebration while paying homage to our heroes of Camp Firewood.
Camp Firewood Float
This is a really delicious and dangerously sweet drink. No camp or summer event is complete without ice cream and while some of us (me included) might not tolerate that harsh dairy and sorbet is the next best thing! Add alcohol and it doesn’t get much better for your evening barbecue or mixer.
The different flavors of sorbet are layered so that when you pour the...
To honor the magnificent prequel series, here are two cocktails that will complete any summer celebration while paying homage to our heroes of Camp Firewood.
Camp Firewood Float
This is a really delicious and dangerously sweet drink. No camp or summer event is complete without ice cream and while some of us (me included) might not tolerate that harsh dairy and sorbet is the next best thing! Add alcohol and it doesn’t get much better for your evening barbecue or mixer.
The different flavors of sorbet are layered so that when you pour the...
- 8/6/2015
- by Sarah Sommer
- Boomtron
Today, Discovery Family Channel kicks off summer with the premiere of an all-new season of Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures. Season four introduces three new characters — twins Sweet and Sour Grapes, and Apple Dumplin’ — in 13 thirty-minute episodes that deliver positive messages of friendship, self-esteem and honesty. I was lucky enough to get an exclusive clip from the series premiere from Discovery Family Channel and here it is, Icymi. Too cute!! In celebration of 35 years of Strawberry Shortcake (Cue me feeling very old) and the June 20 season premiere, Strawberry Shortcake and Cherry Jam spent time with … Continue reading →
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- 6/20/2015
- by Kellie Freeze
- ChannelGuideMag
Big news, fans of adorable cartoons with delicious-sounding names, Season 4 of Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures will introduce three new characters — twins Sweet and Sour Grapes, and Apple Dumplin’— all characters from past series! The new season premieres Saturday June 20 at 12:30 Pm Est / 11:30 Am Cst on the Discovery Family Channel, and follows the charming — and slightly mischievous — adventures of friends Strawberry Shortcake, Blueberry Muffin, Lemon Meringue, Raspberry Torte, Orange Blossom, Plum Pudding, Cherry Jam and their new friends Sweet and Sour Grapes and Apple Dumplin’. In the premiere episode, titled “Berry Double Trouble,” … Continue reading →
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- 5/19/2015
- by Kellie Freeze
- ChannelGuideMag
Mark counts down 15 great episodes of The Simpsons from its often-overlooked past 15 years...
Last week, we counted down our list of the top 50 episodes of The Simpsons ever made. It's a tough list to make, picking out less than 10 percent of the 552 episodes broadcast to date, to select the very best of the best. This is despite the off-hand consensus of some viewers that the series has been total rubbish since season 10.
We don't hold much truck with this assumption. The Simpsons is an institution and to suggest that more than half of it is garbage is more than a bit reductive. Admittedly, there's much to support the argument that few episodes produced in the twenty-first century can quite stand up to the genius of the earlier canon, but anything would suffer in comparison to that golden age of the show.
If you're one of the people who stopped watching the series after the nineties,...
Last week, we counted down our list of the top 50 episodes of The Simpsons ever made. It's a tough list to make, picking out less than 10 percent of the 552 episodes broadcast to date, to select the very best of the best. This is despite the off-hand consensus of some viewers that the series has been total rubbish since season 10.
We don't hold much truck with this assumption. The Simpsons is an institution and to suggest that more than half of it is garbage is more than a bit reductive. Admittedly, there's much to support the argument that few episodes produced in the twenty-first century can quite stand up to the genius of the earlier canon, but anything would suffer in comparison to that golden age of the show.
If you're one of the people who stopped watching the series after the nineties,...
- 9/4/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
When it comes to comedy there is an unspoken list of touchy subjects that are usually off the table. The line between cruelty and hilarity is perhaps scarily thin. Each gag is a gamble. Among those blacklisted sources for comedic material, abortion ranks high on the list. One could go on and on about how a film that takes this lightly could have never happened in a country that still finds it divisive. But that would reduce Gillian Robespierre’s "Obvious Child"to a film about abortion, which is not. It’s a film about a woman's uncompromising way to look at her life who, given the circumstances she is faced with, decides to have an abortion. This choice doesn't define the character or the film.
Said woman is Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) a Brooklyn standup comedian whose act is heavily influenced by how she perceives her own shortcomings. In other words, she makes people laugh by making fun of herself in a delightfully raunchy manner. Unfortunately, not everyone can take honesty and self-parody with a grain of salt. After a rambunctious performance at her usual hole in the wall bar, her boyfriend breaks up with her. He has found someone else and blames Donna’s unruly lifestyle for the fall out in the relationship. Donna’s version of a sensible reaction to the unpleasant news is to drink, stalk, and wallow in self-pity for a few days. This marvelous procedural to post-break-up recovery culminates with an on stage venting session in which she bleeds out her sorrows in front of a perplexed audience. In this tragic but gloriously amusing sequence, the young woman finds a rebound.
Looking like he’s never broken any hearts, Max (Jake Lacy), a small town student in New York, approaches a vulnerable and intoxicated Donna. She is needy, he is caring, they are drunk, he farts on her face, she laughs, and unavoidably they connect. As grotesque and non-romantic as the previous description sounds, the pair enjoys a night of dancing, foolishness, and forgettable sex that will turn out to be more memorable than expected. Dependent on her parents’ loans for survival and unsure of where her life is going, Donna feels more adrift than ever. Not exactly what she needs, but an unwanted pregnancy looming on her near future will serve as catalyst for a hilarious story of renewed self-discovery.
A reaction to the man-child epidemic in bromance comedies, Robespierre’s debut is an empowering film that allows its protagonist to be tremendously flawed, but at the same time being in control of what she wants for her life. Donna’s decision not to be a mother at the time is a product of her inability to take care of her own needs. She is not ready and she admits it. Just like with any other negative experience, she decides to bare it all and laugh at her pain. Being vocal about it in the comfort of strangers is a liberating undertaking. Donna exchanges guilt for comedic truth.
Sweet and sour in equal quantities throughout, Slate is uncompromisingly perfect. Her charmingly obscene tone commands the story with heartfelt fragility covered in childish extroversion. Even when she is broken every sentence exclaimed packs hilarious irony. What is most amazing is that her personality never feels fabricated. The film is painfully real without taking itself very seriously. It takes a flawless marriage between outstanding writing and ideal casting to concoct such a star-making performance. One can only imagine the joyful epiphany Robespierre experienced when she saw Donna come to life through Slate - nothing short of a revelation.
Instead of punishing Donna for her lack of responsibility, ‘Obvious Child’ speaks warmly about immaturity and the right to be lost. Regardless of how much everyone likes to think that adults have it all figure out, for the most part we are simply children disguised in formal attire. That child, herself, is the one Donna needs to take care of. She needs to give her a chance to fulfill her aspirations, to find a partner that accepts her brutal lack of tact, and to be a careless drunk once in a while. Breaking away from the mold of expectations is a brave move by any standards. It is hard to think of anything more pro-life than that.
Said woman is Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) a Brooklyn standup comedian whose act is heavily influenced by how she perceives her own shortcomings. In other words, she makes people laugh by making fun of herself in a delightfully raunchy manner. Unfortunately, not everyone can take honesty and self-parody with a grain of salt. After a rambunctious performance at her usual hole in the wall bar, her boyfriend breaks up with her. He has found someone else and blames Donna’s unruly lifestyle for the fall out in the relationship. Donna’s version of a sensible reaction to the unpleasant news is to drink, stalk, and wallow in self-pity for a few days. This marvelous procedural to post-break-up recovery culminates with an on stage venting session in which she bleeds out her sorrows in front of a perplexed audience. In this tragic but gloriously amusing sequence, the young woman finds a rebound.
Looking like he’s never broken any hearts, Max (Jake Lacy), a small town student in New York, approaches a vulnerable and intoxicated Donna. She is needy, he is caring, they are drunk, he farts on her face, she laughs, and unavoidably they connect. As grotesque and non-romantic as the previous description sounds, the pair enjoys a night of dancing, foolishness, and forgettable sex that will turn out to be more memorable than expected. Dependent on her parents’ loans for survival and unsure of where her life is going, Donna feels more adrift than ever. Not exactly what she needs, but an unwanted pregnancy looming on her near future will serve as catalyst for a hilarious story of renewed self-discovery.
A reaction to the man-child epidemic in bromance comedies, Robespierre’s debut is an empowering film that allows its protagonist to be tremendously flawed, but at the same time being in control of what she wants for her life. Donna’s decision not to be a mother at the time is a product of her inability to take care of her own needs. She is not ready and she admits it. Just like with any other negative experience, she decides to bare it all and laugh at her pain. Being vocal about it in the comfort of strangers is a liberating undertaking. Donna exchanges guilt for comedic truth.
Sweet and sour in equal quantities throughout, Slate is uncompromisingly perfect. Her charmingly obscene tone commands the story with heartfelt fragility covered in childish extroversion. Even when she is broken every sentence exclaimed packs hilarious irony. What is most amazing is that her personality never feels fabricated. The film is painfully real without taking itself very seriously. It takes a flawless marriage between outstanding writing and ideal casting to concoct such a star-making performance. One can only imagine the joyful epiphany Robespierre experienced when she saw Donna come to life through Slate - nothing short of a revelation.
Instead of punishing Donna for her lack of responsibility, ‘Obvious Child’ speaks warmly about immaturity and the right to be lost. Regardless of how much everyone likes to think that adults have it all figure out, for the most part we are simply children disguised in formal attire. That child, herself, is the one Donna needs to take care of. She needs to give her a chance to fulfill her aspirations, to find a partner that accepts her brutal lack of tact, and to be a careless drunk once in a while. Breaking away from the mold of expectations is a brave move by any standards. It is hard to think of anything more pro-life than that.
- 6/6/2014
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Labor Day is almost here and whether you’re barbecuing with friends, or just hanging by the pool, you’ll need to try one of these yummy cocktails!
The summer went by in a blink, but there’s no reason not to go out with a bang! HollywoodLife.com has these amazingly delicious and easy-to-make cocktail recipes that are bound to make your holiday weekend that much better.
Check Out These Delicious Labor Day Cocktails
Fiery Tequila Twist
4 oz. Smoke Liqueur 2 oz. Avion Silver Tequila 1 oz. Vida Mezcal
Ready for your final summer hoorah? Free that fun wild spirit (that we all know exists) with a Fiery Tequila Twist. What would go better with Smoke’s tropical blend than a hint of tequila topped with Vida Mezcal ? It’s a tasty infamous mix that is sure to have you forgetting the summer is coming to an end.
Svedka’s Easy...
The summer went by in a blink, but there’s no reason not to go out with a bang! HollywoodLife.com has these amazingly delicious and easy-to-make cocktail recipes that are bound to make your holiday weekend that much better.
Check Out These Delicious Labor Day Cocktails
Fiery Tequila Twist
4 oz. Smoke Liqueur 2 oz. Avion Silver Tequila 1 oz. Vida Mezcal
Ready for your final summer hoorah? Free that fun wild spirit (that we all know exists) with a Fiery Tequila Twist. What would go better with Smoke’s tropical blend than a hint of tequila topped with Vida Mezcal ? It’s a tasty infamous mix that is sure to have you forgetting the summer is coming to an end.
Svedka’s Easy...
- 8/30/2013
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Idiosyncratic French film director and Cannes prizewinner
At the Cannes film festival in 1958, the jury prize was awarded to Goha, the first Tunisian film (albeit a co-production with France) to be nominated for the Palme d'Or. There were other important firsts connected with the film. Goha was the first feature directed by Jacques Baratier, who has died aged 91. It featured the 20-year-old Tunisian-born beauty Claudia Cardinale in her screen debut and starred a handsome 25-year-old Egyptian actor billed as Omar Chérif (later Sharif), in the role that launched his international career and eventually caught the attention of the producers of Lawrence of Arabia. The film's screenplay was the only one written by the celebrated Egyptian-born playwright and poet Georges Schehadé, and it featured the first screen score by the Moroccan-born composer Maurice Ohana.
Goha, based on an Arab folktale, told of a clever young man (Sharif) who, under the guise of stupidity,...
At the Cannes film festival in 1958, the jury prize was awarded to Goha, the first Tunisian film (albeit a co-production with France) to be nominated for the Palme d'Or. There were other important firsts connected with the film. Goha was the first feature directed by Jacques Baratier, who has died aged 91. It featured the 20-year-old Tunisian-born beauty Claudia Cardinale in her screen debut and starred a handsome 25-year-old Egyptian actor billed as Omar Chérif (later Sharif), in the role that launched his international career and eventually caught the attention of the producers of Lawrence of Arabia. The film's screenplay was the only one written by the celebrated Egyptian-born playwright and poet Georges Schehadé, and it featured the first screen score by the Moroccan-born composer Maurice Ohana.
Goha, based on an Arab folktale, told of a clever young man (Sharif) who, under the guise of stupidity,...
- 2/4/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
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