by Ellen Tremiti | Aug 9, 2012 | Film Reviews, indieBlog
On August 3rd, Sony Pictures Classics released CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER to limited audiences in LA and NYC. The film, directed by Lee Toland Krieger (The Vicious Kind), follows the lives of two amicable exes, and soon-to-be divorcees, Celeste (Rashida Jones) and... by Ellen Tremiti | Jul 3, 2012 | Film Reviews, indieBlog
Every once in a while, a film pulls away from every comfortable storytelling convention viewers have come to know and expect. Somehow, the story moves like poetry through its world and its events, creating its own rules; as a result, the story becomes more than a... by Ellen Tremiti | Dec 15, 2011 | indieBlog, Miscellany
10.) Reindeer Games: A guilty-pleasure holiday movie. Need I say more? There’s a bit of a convoluted plot mixed into this sensual thriller, but, honestly, who cares? Bundle up under the covers and check out the acting talents of Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron this... by Ellen Tremiti | Nov 4, 2011 | Film Reviews, indieBlog
I was first introduced to THE HAMMER, previously titled Hamill, at AFI Fest 2010, where the film took the Audience Award. I met some of the crew and cast at an AFI reception honoring their win, and I was instantly struck by the passion the filmmakers and actors had... by Ellen Tremiti | Oct 21, 2011 | Film Reviews, indieBlog
WIN WIN played at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival as a Fox Searchlight non-competition premiere. Paul Giamatti stars in this dramedy as family man Mike Flaherty. Flaherty runs a failing elder law practice, has two young girls, a loving, practical wife (Amy Ryan, The...