Page 65 - Simple Man News Today

Director: Christopher Makoto Yogi Premiere: Jan. 29th 1:00 p.m. Life, no matter how solitary the path we choose, is inevitably a grand catastrophe of collaboration. I Was a Simple Man follows Masao ( Steve Iwamoto and, in his younger years, Tim Chiou) as he nears death in his lifelong home of Hawai‘i. As  he hurdles toward his inevitable close, Masao’s life of exile (both self- and community-imposed) opens up into a florid portrait of his complicated personhood. Everything he could’ve ...

Steve Iwamoto and Constance Wu in I Was a Simple Man A healing haunting. TWITTER Christopher Makato Yogis second feature is a gentle reflection on memory and death, featuring Constance Wu as the ghost of a woman who returns to comfort her Japanese Hawaiian husband near the end of his life. In the opening scene of Christopher Makoto Yogis lyrical family drama, I Was a Simple Man, the elderly protagonist looks out over densely built-up Honolulu and recalls when there was just beautiful green whe...

Featured image:  Moonstruck Drive-In, in Houston on November 11, 2020.Gary Fountain, Houston Chronicle / Contributor The seemingly cursed year of 2020 did manage do one thing well: pull us back into the cool allure of the Texas drive-in. Just roll into the drive-in, watch a movie under the stars and get a socially-distanced experience that brings you a little normalcy in the pandemic. Moonstruck Drive-In at East River satisfied that magical draw back to drive-ins when it opened last September....

Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend: January 27–February 2, 2021 Catch two virtual film fests, a new exhibit inspired by Shangri La, and the Punahou Carnival like you’ve never experienced it before. January 27, 2021   January 28 through February 3 Virtual film fests continue in 2021 with a special perk for Hawai‘i viewers, thanks to Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Theatre being selected as a satellite screen for the Sundance Film Festival. Dozens of films will be presented online sta...

Sundance Film Festival to kick off at Memphis satellite site The Malco Summer Drive In will be one of the host locations for Sundance Film Festival premiering movies over six nights. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 5:12 PM CST January 28, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Filmmakers and film lovers wont be flocking to Utah this week for the Sundance Film Festival. Instead, some of the films will be coming to Memphis. The in-person festival was canceled this year due to ...

Our 15 Most-Anticipated Sundance 2021 Premieres January 25, 2021 The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, beginning Thursday, will look quite different. Forging ahead during the pandemic, they’ve to continue offering some of the year’s finest independent discoveries, with a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more. We’ll have extensive coverage from the festival (which one can follow here or on Twitter). Before reviews arrive, we’re counti...

Here are 10 titles playing at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival likely to grab attention Sean P. Means The ticket buyer asks the veteran Sundance Film Festival hand: “What looks good this year?” The old hand shrugs his shoulders and replies, “Heck if I know.” That’s always the dilemma with Sundance: The slate of feature films is loaded with mysteries — and, despite what any prognosticators say, nobody knows for sure what’s going to be good until after they screen. In...

Ive been a fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd for longer that I can remember. I guess it was sometime in the early 1970s during their peak years is when I became aware of that awesome southern rock sound. From Simple Man to Free Bird on the Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd album and the many songs on every Lynyrd Skynyrd album after, Ive enjoyed so many that the band has produced. After the tragic plane crash, I thought that would be it for Lynyrd Skynyrd, but it didnt turn out that way, and Im glad that Gary...

Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was a Simple Man will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 29. The film is among 10 dramatic narrative feature films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. The film, set on Oʻahu’s North Shore, follows the life of Masao from pre-World War II, to Hawaiʻi’s statehood, then the urbanization of Honolulu. When Masao gets older, he develops a terminal illness. As his condition deteriorates, he is visited by memories and ghosts of his past, including his w...

With the COVID pandemic still paralyzing the film world, the Sundance Film Festival is partnering with Indie Memphis to bring cutting-edge cinema offerings to the...