Pieces of a Woman
Vanessa Kirby should be nominated for her turn as the beleaguered Martha in Pieces of a Woman. Martha suffers in the first thirty minutes through childbirth to an unhappy conclusion, just one of the several setbacks that support her pervasive unhappiness.
Pieces is the kind of intense study of a woman that placed John Cassavetes in the firmament of minimalist directors with a naturalistic flare but a talent for delivering strong cinematic narratives about women. Director Kornel Mundruczo shows
Martha also facing a troubled marriage to a working-class, former druggie, Sean (Shia Le Boeuf), who doesn’t quite fit the upscale family headed by her mother, Elizabeth (Ellen Burstyn).
Back Talk (produced by It’s Movie Time)
Film Reviewed on Podcast: Ma Rainey s Black Bottom
by host John DeSando and guest, Mary Yerina
Back Talk (produced by It’s Movie Time) is an extension of the long-running, award-winning movie review show It s Movie Time, which airs Fridays at 3:01 and 8:01 PM on WCBE 90.5 FM, Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by John DeSando, the podcast version features additional content and banter with guests.
It’s Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Communicator, Hermes, and Silver Microphone honors.
John DeSando, a Los Angeles Press Club first-place winner for National Entertainment Journalism, is also host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics. Contact him at JohnDeSando62@gmail.com
Soul
“Life is full of possibilities. You just need to know where to look. Don t miss out on the joys of life.” Joe (Jamie Foxx voice)
Joe, the hero of Pixar’s stunning animation, didn’t know that about life until he took the journey in Disney Corporation’s Soul. Affirming the everyday business of life and finding one’s purpose in that state are what this warm and insightful animation is about, without emphasizing the theme too much or speechifying too obviously.
At the beginning, Joe is faced with a decision to accept a full-time middle-school band directorship or play jazz with a well known singer and her combo. Only when he experiences the end of his life where he should join the quiet line to walk into the Great Beyond does he experience in the Great Before the chance to find his spark of life and his purpose in that life.
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Film Reviewed on Podcast: The Prom
by host John DeSando and guests, Courtney DeSando and Alexandra Sherer
Back Talk (produced by It’s Movie Time) is an extension of the long-running, award-winning movie review show It s Movie Time, which airs Fridays at 3:01 and 8:01 PM on WCBE 90.5 FM, Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by John DeSando, the podcast version features additional content and banter with guests.
It’s Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Communicator, Hermes, and Silver Microphone honors.
John DeSando, a Los Angeles Press Club first-place winner for National Entertainment Journalism, is also host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics. Contact him at JohnDeSando62@gmail.com
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