Wadjda

Even though I haven't seen this film yet, I think we're in for a real treat. How many times have we seen a Saudi Arabian film? Should be very interesting.

Here's a trailer of the film in case you haven't seen this previously when we were voting for the slate of films this season:




Wadjda is a story about a determined 10-year-old girl and her quest for a bicycle. She lives in the Riyadh suburbs where bike riding is considered a threat to a girl’s virtue. Wadjda hopes to buy a bicycle by winning the cash prize in a Koran-recitation competition at school. 

Here's a New York Times review with more details:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/movies/wadjda-by-haifaa-al-mansour-made-in-saudi-arabia.html?_r=0

This film will show Sunday, July 27, 3:00 pm at the Digiplex Theater in Oceanside. Hope to see you there.

Followup - 20 Feet from Stardom

Wasn't 20 Feet from Stardom a wonderful film? Hope you all had a chance to see it. In case you didn't get enough of that wonderful voice, here's a fun version of Darlene Love performing on the David Letterman show in 2007:


Notice the background singers for Darlene. She has four of them, 2 white and 2 black. I find this kind of interesting. Nice to see that Darlene is an equal opportunities employer. (If indeed, she did the employing or was it David?).

In Memoriam

I don't think there are too many people that didn't like James Garner. He certainly crossed every kind of genre both in film and on TV. He was a handsome, talented, likable guy. What was not to like? Enjoy this tribute (but why no Doris Day?).
  

See you Sunday, the 27th for Wadjda.