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The photographers take one of the most universal forms of art and bring in Black identity by shooting iconic movie moments with Black models.  Love it.  Very cool.

Spike Lee does a tremendous job with 25th Hour.  His famous visual style combined with a thought-provoking, passionate story and amazing cast, makes it a top notch movie watching experience.

Embrace your limitations in filmmaking.  You don't need a million dollars to have a million people see your film.  Watched this short today and absolutely loved it.  Check it out.

I am loving these Vanity Fair covers #comedystars 

So a few days ago, I saw Silver Linings Playbook.  I have been seeing tons of movies lately and I hate giving the stamp of "best movie I've seen...blah blah blah."  But this was definitely one of the best that I've seen lately.  David O'Russell faced a challenged that he mastered beautifully.  He took on serious subjects such as bipolar disorder, adultery, and just straight up sadness and made them multidimensional.  He gave these characters something more than just having a disorder.  Their humanity and self worth was shining through the entire plot.  The setting of working-class Philadelphia which he has explored before in The Fighter, gave the film a tough yet passionate backdrop.  Its a city that most people despise but the people from there have a passion that makes NY or LA pride look like none at all. There is a realness with a quirky twist which made it extremely entertaining.  Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence made a great pair.  It was nice to actually see Cooper be the great actor we all know he can be.  Lawrence continues to be as diverse as always.  Her characters have dramatically shifted from Winter's Bone to Hunger Games to this.  I also loved that although her character was super depressed, she was able to be prideful of herself (something I felt I could relate to).  Anyways...this was a fantastic and unique film that everyone should definitely see. 

Side note: It's a super fast read