Adrienne Perlow
I've written a short comedic film, sketches, monologues, stand-up, stories, reviews, music video ideas and improvised. I've enjoyed them all.
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The SavagesThe problems associated with managing an aging parent and the relationship between two middle-aged siblings and their lovers is the main focus of Tamara Jenkins new film The Savages.
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Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) is about a woman's relationship with two very different men. At the screening I attended, director Ang Lee described this and Brokeback Mountain as "scary."
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Eastern PromisesEastern Promises, directed with the signature gross factor of David Cronenberg, is a simple story about the murder of a young Ukraine and the subsequent adoption of her child.
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Across the UniverseAcross the Universe is a musical film that owes as much to the exquisite, timeless songwriting talents of John Lennon & Paul McCartney as to anyone else tied to this new movie from the most capable direction of Julie Taymor.
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Romance & CigarettesA while back, there was a brief run on television of a show called Cop Rock. It featured the usual police melodrama laced with, surprisingly, operatic show-stopping numbers.
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The Simpsons and the Bourne UltimatumThe Simpsons: The Movie is a film that's like one long episode of the TV version.
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DeliriousI've been a big fan of Steve Buscemi ever since the ultimate indie film about the making of an indie film, Living in Oblivion.
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2 Days in ParisFirst dates. We've all been on them. They're filled with uncertainty, our best faces forward, jittery nerves, excitement, anticipation, a million questions and fear.
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GrindhouseGrindhouse is about triumphing over adversity, with stories of women who are empowered, but not at the cost of men.
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El CantanteEl Cantante is a very stylish look at the roots of salsa.
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No End in SightThe genesis of evil. There are those students of modern history who say it might have started in Florida, where older voters couldn't quite get the hang of the voting machines, ushering in as President, George Bush, the brother of Florida Governor, Jeb.
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Away from Her, Let's Get LostAway from Her is a film about memory, love and loss, directed by Sarah Polley, a young director who first made her mark as an actress in such films as The Sweet Hereafter and eXistenZ.
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Three Movies About Love!Rocket Science is a coming of age story that might have been penned by John Hughes 20 years ago.
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Rooftop Films PresentsLast night, I ventured out to Gowanus, Brooklyn to see some movies by Rooftop Films (www.rooftopfilms.com), a group presenting a summer series taking place on various rooftops in NYC.
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Movie Marathon!Michael Moore's new documentary, Sicko, is an all-out indictment of the US healthcare system.
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Haikus and Personal QuotesSomething's going on.
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28 Weeks LaterHOLDON! I gotta catch my breath here NOW. This film, 28 Weeks Later, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, is a real nail biter.
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WaitressWaitress is a film written and directed by the late Adrienne Shelly and is about a woman starting a new life. It's all bathed in the warm glow of a Norman Rockwell painting.
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No Way 2 WayThis sketch was, as my other non-exclusive content, previously posted at www.valemmich.com (when it had a message board)
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Chelsea's Comedy GhettoIn NYC, there exists what is known as a comedy ghetto, consisting of several theatres in the Chelsea area of Manhattan: The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre (307 West 26th St, 212-366-9176, http://www.ucbtheatre.com/schedule/)...
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Poisoned CandyA few years ago, her home was bought for a song by a stalker with a lot of money and no scruples. A killer of talent and quality who infected lives with false promises of riches and fame.
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Review of "Letters from Iwo Jima"Letters from Iwo Jima takes place entirely on the island during WWII. That was where US forces waged a decisive battle against the Japanese and won.
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Jazz on a Summer's Day, the Last Waltz and No Namejust took a trip up to the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. They were featuring a screening series. Last night, I saw Jazz on a Summer's Day.
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DreamLast night I had a dream. It was more like a nightmare actually - a million plus people were shoved up my ass.
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CelebritiesI think a large part of being a celebrity is that you've got to have a strong, intractable sense of whom you are. You can't let people get to you.
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Singer/Songwriter Ari HestIf I told you Ari Hest played in my living room last night, I would be lying. I'm no liar.
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Review of "Babel"What does a deaf mute Japanese Lolita have in common with a Spanish nanny and a couple on the brinks? Not a whole lot, unless it's a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, known for his seemingly incongruous juxtapositions of storylines...
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Review of "Notes on a Scandal"Notes on a Scandal is a film about marital infidelity and yearning, the consequences of lust and unrequited affection. It stars Judi Dench as a schoolmarm, Barbara Covett, with a predilection for one of her colleagues, Sheba, played by Cate Blanchette.
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Review of "The Last King of Scotland"The Last King of Scotland stars Forest Whitaker as the infamous dictator Idi Amin in a fictionalized account based on the true story of his tyrannical hold on Uganda. In the 1970's, his rule over that African country is marked by over 300,000 murders...
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Review of Pan's LabyrinthPan's Labyrinth is a fine film, a very fractured fairy tale if you will, definitely not for children. A young girl, Ofelia, is traveling with her pregnant mother through the woods of Spain for a family reunion of sorts.
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Review of Perfume: The Story of a MurdererI'm going to tell you right now that Perfume: The Story of a Murderer doesn't stink. It's a film about a character by the name of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a man who smells for a living.
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Review of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanSacha Baron Cohen and his creation Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (try saying that 3 times with a mouthful of tabbouleh) just may be the gay-est character ever to come into mainstream moviemaking...
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Review of 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her2 or 3 Things I Know About Her is a French film made in 1967 by the director Jean-Luc Godard. I went to see it because the noted film reviewer Vincent Canby gave it a rave review in The New York Times.
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Review of The QueenThe Queen is a film about the aftermath of Princess Diana's death and its effect on the royal family, namely Queen Elizabeth. It conveys a lot of internal emotion because it's well known how stiff-upper-lip the British can be.
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Review of Flannel PajamasFlannel Pajamas is a film about the ups and downs of a relationship between man and a woman. Now before you say not another one of those movies...let me tell you that it's pretty good.
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Review of the Movie DreamgirlsI first saw Dreamgirls on Broadway, when it was fresh off previews from a limited run in Boston. It was the early 1980's and Jennifer Holliday played the role of Effie.
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Review of ApocalyptoI've never been a big Mel Gibson fan. His films tend to rely on action and not so much on dialogue so I usually avoid them, often zoning out during those mega battle scenes where crowds of actors sling guns, spears or anything sharp with points.
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Val Emmich's "Sunlight Searchparty"I've enjoyed Val Emmich's music ever since I heard him 2 years ago with Slow Down Kid. If you're wondering - that's nice, but who is this guy?