Green Book
“Cinema Stephanie” Blogette Vol. III, No.2 (Jan. 2019) Green Book (U.S.A., Participant Media, 130 min, PG 13.; Dir. by Peter Farrelly (Viewed in 2018 & second time Jan. 22, 2019) Green Book is a different twist on the “buddy” or road trip movies with the juxtaposition of earthy to swank Italian “dago” Larry Lip(Viggo Mortensen) from the Bronx, NY in tandem with elegant, if not effete, African-American virtuoso musician Dr. Don Shirley(Mahershala Ali) who resides above Ca
The Favourite
“Cinema Stephanie” Vol. III, No.1 (Jan. 2019) The Favourite (U.S.A./Ireland/U.K, 2018; Element Pictures, Scarlet Films Film 4,Waypoint Entertainment; 119 min. R Rating; Director Yorgos Lanthimos) Viewed in London, England Oct. 2018 at the BFI London Film Festival Ambition, betrayal, greed, lust, deception. Is it a variation with five (of the so called seven) deadly sins"? Is it 2018? No. it’s c. 1702 in the realm of Queen Anne of England, where every man (or woman) is esse