CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 8/15/24

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Welcome to the mid-2000s! 

Set in 2008 during the last month of summer before high school begins, DIDI shows us an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy navigating the awkward, unknown landscape of teenhood, with the added toxic aspects of male peers and racism. Writer/director Sean Wang and Oscar-nominee Joan Chen discuss the drama and cringe comedy of teenage life in the semi-autobiographical DIDI. 

In 2022, actress Lily Tomlin completed a seven-year run on the hit Netflix series GRACE AND FRANKIE. But way back in 2006, she and a brilliant ensemble cast graced Robert Altman's lilting and lovely A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION: a fictionalized version of Garrison Keillor's iconic radio show facing its final broadcast, which becomes a metaphor for the natural order of life. It's the one-and-only Lily Tomlin!  [2/13/17>Originally broadcast 6/5/06]

Plus, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿BORDERLANDS; ﻿CUCKOO; ﻿﻿IT ENDS WITH US; ﻿DAUGHTERS; ﻿﻿MY PENGUIN FRIEND; ﻿SUGARCANE; CLOSE TO YOU; ﻿FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; THE BIKERIDERS [4K][Universal Home Entertainment]; ﻿COLLATERAL [4K][Paramount Home Video]; ﻿ALPHAVILLE (1965) [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961) [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; BOB LE FLAMBEUR (1956) [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; ﻿LE DOULOS (1963) [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; ﻿PRIME CUT [4K][Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; ﻿KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; ﻿99 RIVER STREET (1953) [Kino Lorber Studio Classics]; ﻿EZRA [Decal Releasing] and ﻿WILLIAM SHATNER: YOU CAN CALL ME BILL [Decal Releasing]. 
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This week's featured soundtrack: HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - SEASON 2 (music by Ramin Djwada) [WaterTower Music]

SEAN WANG & JOAN CHEN (DIDI) + LILY TOMLIN + MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 8-15-24

MY OWN PRIVATE RADIO SHOW ON KSCU 103.3 FM SANTA CLARA SO IF YOU LOVE MOVIES AND DON'T MIND THE OCCASIONAL RANT TAKE A LISTEN!
LONG LIVE THE MOVIE LOVIN' FLESH!

SEAN WANG & JOAN CHEN (DIDI) + LILY TOMLIN + MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 8-15-24

TIM SIKA (Celluloid Dreams The Movie Show)