January 22, 2020

The Belvedere Restaurant: An Affair to Remember

If you’re looking for the perfect venue to host a VIP-level special occasion, the AAA rated Five-Diamond Belvedere restaurant situated in the Peninsula Hotel should be on your short list. Besides being located in one of the most elegant hotels in Los Angeles, the cuisine is first rate and the service impeccable. Prior to my …

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Independent Films 2020: The Widening Gyre

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer,” wrote Yeats. As we begin a new decade, independent films simultaneously fly aloft, one wing high above the tectonic shifts of the Media Industrial Complex, another wing tethered to the Practical Order of streamers and theatres, pre-buys and vanishing back-ends. Sundance and …

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Sundance Infographic 2020: By the Numbers

Welcome to our annual Sundance Film Festival infographic, a visualization of data that provides insight into today’s independent filmmaking landscape. Be sure to read Adam Leipzig’s related article, Independent Films 2020: The Widening Gyre   Share this Image On Your Site — Copy and Paste the Code Below Please include attribution to https://www.culturalweekly.com/ with this graphic.

Slamdance 2020 Infographic: By the Numbers

Welcome to our annual Slamdance Film Festival infographic, in which we visualize data that provides insight into the current landscape of the independent film industry. Be sure to read Adam Leipzig’s related article, Independent Films 2020: The Widening Gyre   Share this Image On Your Site — Copy and Paste the Code Below<p><strong>Please include attribution …

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The Godfather

Mafia in the Movies

The release of The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese and of Il traditore (The Traitor) directed by Marco Bellocchio inspires me to reflect on the depiction of the Sicilian mafia and the Italian-American mafia in Italian and American movies. The Godfather (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo, is the …

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