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Since tribe.net was down last night, I wasn't able to bring my movie attendance up-to-date, so here goes:
Friday, I started the day by seeing an excellent historical and humanly moving documentary on the second largest private home in the U.S., which is almost 100 years old, down the peninsula from San Francisco in Hillsborough, and open occasionally for fund-raisers: "Three Women and a Chateau." Then "Snow Cake" featured Sigouney Weaver as a autistic mom with Alan Rickman and Carrie-Ann Moss playing good supporting roles. Later in the afternoon I enjoyed "Local Color" a new movie also but convincingly set in the early 1970s. In the evening, my friend Kathy and I enjoyed two classics that deal with food and wine: "Big Night" and "Like Water for Chocolate." The first movie, in addition to wines and light dishes typical of the film, featured an appearance by co-star Tont Shalhoub; the second had a "chocolate buffet" with Hershey's latest entrants in the fine cocao market and some excellent desrt wine. Kathleen Hill, the food editor for the Sonoma Sun is the "epicurean curator" for the festival, and hopes these openings will lead to a full-fledged program that will involve a full-day program where participants will not only see a film but also make and enjoy the dishes featured in the film, under the guidance of a master chef at a local culinary school.
Today, I started with the moving and stimulating documentary "Siberian Dream" with an after-film Q and A with the film,'s activist/super-model Irina Panteva. Then the amusing mockumentary "12:08 East of Bucharest," followed by a stirring family story, "Canvas." This evening was the tribute program to Pixar king John Lasseter, with acolades from colleagues and actors who have worked with him, including Cheech Marin and Robin Williams, live and in our faces! Last, I enjoyed a hilarious and poignant "home movie" about a guy who could easily be the Guinness Book of Records collector numero uno, "Finding Kraftland."
There's still more tomorrow, Sunday, folks! And it looks like a sunny day, so go for it!
Friday, I started the day by seeing an excellent historical and humanly moving documentary on the second largest private home in the U.S., which is almost 100 years old, down the peninsula from San Francisco in Hillsborough, and open occasionally for fund-raisers: "Three Women and a Chateau." Then "Snow Cake" featured Sigouney Weaver as a autistic mom with Alan Rickman and Carrie-Ann Moss playing good supporting roles. Later in the afternoon I enjoyed "Local Color" a new movie also but convincingly set in the early 1970s. In the evening, my friend Kathy and I enjoyed two classics that deal with food and wine: "Big Night" and "Like Water for Chocolate." The first movie, in addition to wines and light dishes typical of the film, featured an appearance by co-star Tont Shalhoub; the second had a "chocolate buffet" with Hershey's latest entrants in the fine cocao market and some excellent desrt wine. Kathleen Hill, the food editor for the Sonoma Sun is the "epicurean curator" for the festival, and hopes these openings will lead to a full-fledged program that will involve a full-day program where participants will not only see a film but also make and enjoy the dishes featured in the film, under the guidance of a master chef at a local culinary school.
Today, I started with the moving and stimulating documentary "Siberian Dream" with an after-film Q and A with the film,'s activist/super-model Irina Panteva. Then the amusing mockumentary "12:08 East of Bucharest," followed by a stirring family story, "Canvas." This evening was the tribute program to Pixar king John Lasseter, with acolades from colleagues and actors who have worked with him, including Cheech Marin and Robin Williams, live and in our faces! Last, I enjoyed a hilarious and poignant "home movie" about a guy who could easily be the Guinness Book of Records collector numero uno, "Finding Kraftland."
There's still more tomorrow, Sunday, folks! And it looks like a sunny day, so go for it!
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