Scavenger Hunt Challenge #84 | March 2022 (10/31)
Prompt 19: Ask the oldest person you know for a film recommendation. (Retired Co-worker)
I look forward to the next time I see my retired co-worker who recommended this. She was one of the few people who also enjoyed classic movies at my work; we'd chat about them between classes and she would frequently stop by to give me her Parade Magazines, asking me about various movies and what I thought of…
Every year come Oscar season... there's that ONE movie... that one elusive white whale that gets away. Writing with Fire, a film about daring young female Indian journalists, nominated this year for Best Documentary Feature, is that film for 2022. With an official streaming date AFTER the awards broadcast, I had to do some digging in an attempt to watch this before March 27th.
First, I checked all the streaming services, with no luck. Only available for pre-orders.
Then, after…
If this doesn't win multiple Emmys I'd be shocked. Brilliant performances, authentic writing and masterful camerawork. Takes its time, but not a single moment is wasted. Absolutely worth a blind binge but it's emotionally heavy.
🌎 March Around the World Challenge 2025: Ireland (6/30)
Unhappy St. Patrick's Day 😢🍀 A rough, but important watch, this low budget Irish drama won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It follows the supposedly-wayward girls sent to "Magdalene Asylums," where they lived under such strict Catholic rule that it may as well have been an abusive prison.
The Magdalene Sisters is a sad film that confirms for me the horrors of organized religion to subjugate and control…
