Women Talking (feat. editor Christopher Donaldson)
Monday, March 6th, 2023—FilmWomen Talking (USA 2022, Drama), Writer/Director: Sarah Polley When editor Christopher Donaldson graciously agreed to chat with me about his work on Women Talking, I revisited the post I’d written about Take This Waltz, which he also edited for writer/director Sarah Polley. The entry ends with these words: “Polley has a smart, daring voice that […]
Sophie and Jack
Friday, April 24th, 2020—Film© 2020 Amanda Sage [Author’s Note: I finished writing Sophie and Jack on January 24, 2020—exactly two months before the beloved playwright Terrence McNally passed away, on March 24, from COVID-19 complications. Because my story pivots around Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, one of McNally’s best-known plays, I had hoped he might […]
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Sunday, August 18th, 2019—FilmMarianne & Leonard: Words of Love (USA 2019, Documentary/Music), Writer/Director: Nick Broomfield Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is a documentary about Leonard Cohen that’s framed around his relationship with Marianne Ihlen, a Norwegian woman he met in the 1960s when they were “almost young, deep in the green lilac park” on the Greek island […]
The Wonders (Le meraviglie)
Thursday, July 4th, 2019—FilmThe Wonders (Italy/Switzerland/Germany 2014, Drama), Writer/Director: Alice Rohrwacher “Have you seen The Wonders? It is a wonderful—literally—recent movie by a great young woman director, set in the countryside… I think you will really like it. The director’s name is Alice Rohrwacher. She is one of the very, very few Italian directors who can represent female […]
Long Lost (feat. writer/director Erik Bloomquist)
Friday, March 22nd, 2019—FilmLong Lost (USA 2019, Drama/Mystery/Thriller), Writer/Director: Erik Bloomquist When I first started watching Long Lost, the debut feature from writer/director Erik Bloomquist, I was taken aback. I’d seen some of his previous short films, so I wasn’t surprised by how polished and professional his indie feature was. (Thomson Nguyen’s cinematography is especially outstanding.) What I […]
