Over halfway done

Would you believe it is day six?  We are about to see our twenty first film? Not too bad.

Shiri is currently making fun of me because she says I move my lips silently to the words that I am typing. I hotly contest this assertment, but she swears.

We have seen some stellar works of cinema since I last wrote.

Hounddog was utterly remarkable! Starring Dakota Fanning who I normally don't love but whose performance was staggering, and the equally impressive Robin Wright Penn the film follows a charismatic young girl's tumultuous childhood in the south. WOW - it was a moving and beautiful film that I strongly believe will be recognized next award season.

After that we saw the bland and forgettable On the Road With Judas. Not even worth reviewing here.

This morning our first film was Grace Is Gone, starring John Cusack as a father of two struggling how to tell his girls that their mother has just been killed in the line of duty in Iraq. Holy crap, awesome film. At the Q and A, John talked a lot about how even though he has very strong political beliefs, he wants the film to stand alone as a story about grief, and the sacrifices families of the troops must endure.

I predict Grace is Gone or Hounddog will win the Grand Jury prize. 

Oh I forgot to mention that the PR person for RAINN was part of the Hounddog Q and A, and they had the hotline number in the end credits, which is great case I was thinking about that throughout the film.

Now we are about to watch Zoo at the library. Shiri is uploading pics as I type this.

We miss NYC.