Saturday, April 13, 2013
SNL -- APR 13, 2013 -- HOST: VINCE VAUGHN with musical guest... MIGUEL
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
SNL -- APR 13, 2013
HOST
VINCE VAUGHN
with Musical Guest
MIGUEL
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/
Hosting SNL will be Vince Vaughn, the well known comedy actor (for example):
Lay the Favorite
The Dilemma
Couples Retreat
Four Christmases
Fred Claus
Into the Wild
The Break-Up
Wedding Crashers
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Old School
VINCE VAUGHN ON AMAZON
MIGUEL ON AMAZON
RECAP:
Recap: See below!
Hosting SNL will be Vince Vaughn, the well known comedy actor (for example):
Lay the Favorite
The Dilemma
Couples Retreat
Four Christmases
Fred Claus
Into the Wild
The Break-Up
Wedding Crashers
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Old School
Swingers
and...
Delivery Man (coming!)
The Internship (coming!)
A Case of You (coming!)
Delivery Man (coming!)
The Internship (coming!)
A Case of You (coming!)
VINCE VAUGHN ON IMDB
VINCE VAUGHN ON WIKIPEDIA
The Musical Guest is Miguel (Miguel Jontel Pimentel), a Grammy winning R&B/rapper, known for the song Adorn and the Urban Album Kaleidoscope Dream.
MIGUEL ON WIKIPEDIA
VINCE VAUGHN ON AMAZON
MIGUEL ON AMAZON
RECAP:
This was one of the stranger SNL shows. Beginning with the monolog, most of the sketches had an undercurrent of hostility. Throughout the show, there seemed to be much more conspicuous reading of the Cue Cards than usual. And until the last sketch, both writers and actors seemed to be pulling their punches and running without much energy.
The best bits of the night were the Cold Open, and the final sketch.
Miguel had a dreamy kind of effect on me. I listened and kind-of melted into reveries, while kind-of subliminally enjoying the sound. (I also always appreciate when the Musical Guest brings their own look to the performance.)
COLD OPEN -- Obama and Senators explain the striking breakthrough on discussing the idea of the possibility of maybe thinking about background checks for some people except perhaps where it might matter -- in the impossible event the House even considers the idea.
MONOLOG -- A weird and unique monolog in which Vince went into the audience and alternately coddled and hassled one woman and two men, who might have been real audience members and not paid shills. The coddling of the woman unfortunately reminded me of the reports of the reported events with one woman that reportedly ruined the reported relationship between Vince and Jennifer. The coddling seemed uncomfortably bordering on too cozy. The hassling of the two men was even less pleasant. This is a kind of humor which humorists often respect, but audiences not so much: it was staged as a real interaction between Vince and real audience members... The sketch would have been more familiar and very different (less "realish" and possibly more funny) if the woman and the two men were played by cast members.
It was also disappointing that having gone to great lengths in the monolog to talk about interacting and checking the woman's reactions through the show, that she was not ever mentioned again during the show.
AL PACINO ACCUSED MURDERER BIOPIC SERIES -- The idea was funny, and the wigs were funny in this "preview," but there were not many other jokes.
"STORMY SKIES" ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL -- This parody featured some mildly risque puns using weather terminology to describe Soap Opera situations, but the good jokes were scarce, and the delivery kind of tepid.
IAN RUSH OF THE BIZARROS -- BioPic of an angry Brit rocker (of the Reagan-Thatcher era) who lost his audience because he was pro-Thatcher. Another funny idea that lacked a critical mass of jokes. And does anyone watching SNL care about the Reagan-Thatcher era?
A PREVIEW OF THE INTERNSHIP (with Vince Vaughn) -- Coming soon. Seems very promisingly funny.
SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS THEATER -- A great premise. Terrible execution. A play with none of the characters able to remember their lines. This could be improv heaven or Christopher During hysteria, but there were no jokes, just people not remembering their lines.
WEEKEND UPDATE -- The jokes were OK. LL & BRAD were amusing. MARINA CHAPMAN (who claimed to have been raised by monkeys) not so much.
PROM -- In the same hostile/unpleasant spirit of the monolog, Vince is the rich old guy on the hill who contributes a fortune to support the Jr High School Prom, then comes and dances with the barely teenage boys, abuses the barely teenage girl, and borders on sexually and socially inappropriate behavior. (On the wrong side of the border.) But it wasn't funny.
NBC SPORTS OFFICES 1990 -- The best (and only funny) line: after the NBC execs complained that the lyrics of the proposed theme song for basketball broadcasts was repetitive, the lyricist responded, "But basketball is repetitive."
LAST CALL -- The only sketch in which the actors and writers let go: The last two drinkers at the bar hook up.
This last sketch saved the night, and will join the ranks of SNL classics.
Here it is, LAST CALL:
Here it is, LAST CALL:
Labels: Kaleidoscope Dream, LAST CALL, Miguel. Vince Vaughn, Saturday Night Live, SNL
Friday, April 05, 2013
MIKAL EVANS – ACTRESS SINGER SONGWRITER – IN "HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT" - AT SIFF
MIKAL EVANS
ACTRESS SINGER SONGWRITER
"HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT"
ACTRESS SINGER SONGWRITER
"HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT"
SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF)
APRIL 5-12 2013
Mikal Evans is a principal actress in HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT, a new thriller with its New York Premiere on Sat, April 6, at the SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
Mikal Evans
Photo by Eric Roffman
HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT – AT SIFF – TICKETS:
PREVIEW – HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT
Mikal is a terrific actress, and an exciting singer/songwriter, who recently had a starring role in KISSES, CHLOE, and can also be seen -- as Sarah Palin’s assistant -- in GAME CHANGE.
Mikal is also a singer-songwriter. Her music has a strong, compelling, and sensual sound; many songs come with hooks that are hard to unhook from your brain. Southern influenced indie-rock, it is some of the most interesting and powerful popular music I’ve heard -- for its melodies, its background harmonies, its rhythms, its lyrics, and her performance (an emotional, clear, lovely sound with surprising flourishes).
Her lyrics seem to me highly suggestive of hidden histories, and somewhat inscrutable. They are sometimes hard (or impossible) to understand completely in performance, yet they complement the sound perfectly, and the sounds complement the words. Read from a page, the lyrics are complex and subtle poetry with layers of meaning and depth of feeling.
Mikal Evans in mid-performance
Photo by Eric Roffman
She says the music and the idea of the words often come together all at once; yet the words often start as incoherent syllables that slowly coalesce into the words that express the feeling of the song.
Much of Mikal’s music is available on sound tracks on the web and music videos on YouTube (see below). She plays often at venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. (However, unfortunately, her last scheduled concert ‘til the Fall was just last night). To see and hear her live it pays to follow mikalevansmusic.com fairly closely, since she often posts events with little warning. She also has a signup for an e-mail alert. (But not every event is announced that way. So, again, closely follow the website!)
As an actress, her looks are highly mutable, and her performance always moving. Her acting page, mikalevans.com, gives three very different looks. Her highly professional and impressive reel shows how different (and convincing) she has looked in various roles. It’s interesting to compare her look in KISSES, CHLOE with her look today, at ease, and with her look while rocking-out in performance.
She also appears in a very interesting video format by the director of HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT. He calls it a Moving Portrait, and it is a one minute, wordless video in which Mikal simply looks at the camera.
from JeffBarryFilms on Vimeo.
Mikal’s first starring role was in KISSES, CHLOE (which also used her music) a 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival selection. Her most important role to date was as Sarah Palin’s assistant in GAME CHANGE where she appeared in many scenes with Julianne Moore. (Julianne called Mikal out near the top of her list during Julianne’s SAG Award thank-you remarks.)
In addition to HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT, which will be screened in New York on Saturday (after receiving a nice review following its screening at a Festival in Georgia), Mikal will be appearing in INNOCENCE (in which she is not very innocent), a film currently in post-production. After working on several music videos, Mikal will be directing her first narrative short film later this year.
She describes herself as a “maker”. She is most happy making music as a writer and performer and making films as a director and an actress.
Mikal talked with QPORIT on (3D!) camera about her music and the film. Here are some excerpts from this interview.
It looks best in full screen, and can be watched in 3D with red/cyan glasses or even on a 3D TV or NVIDIA 3D computer (and probably -- though that hasn't been tested yet -- on Nintendo 3D).
You can also watch it in NORMAL 2D. Just click the 3D button at the bottom of the video and select Turn off 3D.
HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT
http://youtu.be/zG-FuKFi5A4
Mikal Evans is a major talent. She is intelligent, nice, friendly, and hard working. I think her music is superior, and her acting is versatile, attractive and sophisticated. She is ready to break-out!
LINKS
QPORIT (Oct 21, 2010): KISSES, CHLOE WITH ROBIN SINGER AND MIKAL EVANS
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html
QPORIT (Nov 9, 2010): MIKAL EVANS FROM KISSES, CHLOE IN CONCERT
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/mikal-evans-from-kisses-chloe-in.html
MIKAL EVANS HOME PAGE – ACTING
http://www.mikalevans.com/
MIKAL EVANS HOME PAGE – MUSIC
www.mikalevansmusic.com
MIKAL EVANS - FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/mikalevansmusic
MIKAL EVANS - MOVING PORTRAIT
http://vimeo.com/31514936
MIKAL EVANS - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2669510/?ref_=tt_cl_t11
MIKAL EVANS - YOUTUBE MUSIC VIDEOS
...MAGNOLIA
http://youtu.be/h0vrQkVIuPM
...BUILD A CANNON
http://youtu.be/08cOq2UkSts
...HOLDING ON TO
http://youtu.be/oypPJzoyEuc
...FIRE WHORE
http://youtu.be/pjkCOaQAGuo
HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT
…OFFICIAL SITE - http://www.howwegotawaywithit.com/
…IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017711/
…FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/howwegotawaywithit?ref=ts&sk=wall
INNOCENCE – IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1724965/
GAME CHANGE – IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1848902/
KISSES, CHLOE - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1691864/
MIKAL EVANS ON AMAZON
MIKAL EVANS ON iTUNES
Labels: actress, All The King Kongs, GAME CHANGE, HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT, KISSES CHLOE, Magnolia, Mikal Evans, SIFF, singer, SOHO International Film Festival, songwriter
Thursday, April 04, 2013
SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 5-12, 2013
SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF)
APRIL 5-12 2013
Sunshine Cinema
143 East Houston, New York City
Sunshine Cinema
143 East Houston, New York City
The SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is a weeklong, action packed fest, with nightly parties, and many filmmaker appearances. The Festival has feature films, documentaries and short films from the US and around the world.
A separate article in QPORIT highlights Mikal Evans, an important young actress/singer/songwriter who appears in HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT, screening on Saturday, a film that has a strong reputation already preceding it.
APRIL 5, 2013
02:30PM:
FILMMAKERS REGISTRATION & WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY
05:00PM:
Feature: "EL PRESIDENTE" by Mark Meilly (Philippines, 165 mins)
08:30PM:
Feature: "BILLY BATES" by Jennifer DeLia (USA, 90 mins)
Short: "MOTIVE" by Rick Carmona (USA, 13 mins)
08:30PM:
OPENING NIGHT EXCLUSIVE AFTER PARTY
APRIL 6, 2013
11:00AM:
SHORT FILMS:"PROGRAM A" -
"SPARROW" by Joe Rodriguez (USA, 17 mins);
"HIPSTER PARADOX" by Kyra Nicole Rogers (USA, 13 mins);
"THE SHOEMAKER" by Machael Kaves (USA, 15 mins);
"MUDDY BOOTS" by Joe Cozza (USA, 6 mins);
"EN HEMLIGHET (A SECRET)" by Dennis Peterersen (Sweden, 9 mins);
"PROJECT SEAL" by Chris Prangley (USA, 10 mins);
"BOTES AL AMANECER" by Nikki Roberts (USA, 15 mins);
"GROS" by Adam Taylor (USA, 10 mins)
01:15PM:
Feature: "AS HIGH AS THE SKY" by Nikki Braendlin (USA, 90 mins)
Short: "STALLED" by Shannon Kohli (Canada, 16 mins)
03:45PM:
Feature: "PLACEBO" (US)
06:30PM:
Feature: "HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT" by Jon Lindstrom (USA, 90 mins)
TRAILER FOR HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT
Short" "SHOOT'ER" by P.R> Brown (USA, 12 mins)
08:30PM:
Documentary; "THE NIMBY EXPERIENCE - HOMELESS" with LUIS GUZMAN directed by Jacqueline Aluotto
08:30PM:
DAY 2 AFTER PARTY AT OPEN HOUSE
APRIL 7, 2013
11:00AM:
SHORT FILMS: "PROGRAM B" -
"TIRAMISU" by Larence Michael Parker (USA, 14 mins);
"A GOOD FRIEND" by Kelsey O'Brien (USA, 5 mins);
"CONCRETE JUNGLE" by Steven Cartoccio (USA, 6 mins);
"A BOY WITH ARMS" by So-jin Park (South Korea, 15 mins);
"WORST BEST FRIEND" by Mia Pinchoff & Anni Weisband (USA, 4 mins);
"ELLIE" by Ricky Lloyd George (USA, 10 mins);
"DAY & NIGHT" by Julien Crebassa (USA, 11 mins);
"THE CONDITION" by Stephen Graziano (USA, 9 mins);
"THE FIX" by Ante Novakovic (USA, 18 mins)
01:15PM:
SHORT FILMS: "PROGRAM C" -
"THE BUTCHER'S KEY" by Sung Cho (USA, 12 mins);
"EL INVENTO" by Giovanni Granada (Colombia, 20 mins);
"PAPER PLACE" by Dave BArnis (USA, 5 mins);
"MY BETTER HALF" by Olivia DeLaurentis (USA, 30 mins);
"KING TIGERMORE IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS" by Tunde Reid-Kapo (USA, 3 mins);
"THE LEPIDOCTOR" by Jonathan Biernboim (USA, 20 ins)
03:30PM:
SHORT FILMS: "PROGRAM D" -
"MORNING CALM" by Rudy Dobrev (USA, 20 mins);
"BESIDE HER" by Carrie Carnevale (USA, 16 mins);
"A SECOND THOUGHT" Winner of Octavia Spencer's Film Contest;
"THE TEST" by Anthony DiBlassi (USA, 13 mins);
"UNEXPECTED GUEST" by Bradley Stryker (Canada, 16 mins);
"FUTURE MEMORY" by William Holden (USA, 11 mins),
"FOXED" by James Stewart (Canada, 4 mins);
"HERE YOU GO" by Jill Durso (USA, 13 mins)
06:15PM:
Feature: "ASSAULT ON WALL STREET" by Uwe Boll (USA, 102 mins)
Short: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" by Kathrin Frey (Switzerland, 4 mins)
08:45PM:
Feature: "WET BEHIND THE EARS" by Sloan Copeland (USA, 92 mins)
Short: "DANCE OF THE BOOKS" by Lorena Fernandez (USA, 4 mins)
08:30PM:
DAY 3 AFTER PARTY AT SUTRA
APRIL 8, 2013
03:30PM:
Documentary: "MAYAN BLUE" by Rafael Garcia (Guatemala/Mexico, 82 mins)
03:45PM:
Documentary: "HORSE & RIDER" by Ben Stamper (India, 58 mins)
06:00PM:
Feature: "36 SAINTS" by Eddy Duran (USA, 97 mins)
Short: "FOREIGN LANGUAGE" by Adam Kelly Morton (Canada, 12 mins)
06:15PM:
Feature: "BODY COMPLETE" by Lukas Sturm (Austria, 85 mins)
Short: "FRAMMENTI [SCRAPS]" by Emanuele Michetti (Italy, 11 mins)
08:30PM:
Documentary: "WHAT'S THE T?" by Cecilio Asuncion (USA, 68 mins)
Short: "REBIRTH" by Nicole Libassi (USA, 21 mins)
08:30PM:
DAY 4 AFTER PARTY AT COOP AT THE RIVINGTON
APRIL 9, 2013
03:0PM:
Documentary: "TIM SANDERS GOES TO HOLLYWOOD" by (Germany, 97 mins)
03:15PM:
Special Screening: "LONG SHOT LOUIE" by John Bianco (USA, 90 mins)
Short: "I CAN SMOKE" by Tony Ducret (USA, 17 mins)
06:00PM:
Documentary: "RUNNING FOR JIM" by Finish Line Features & Noyes Productions (USA, 78 mins)
Short: "THE BIG PRIZE" by Leigh Ann Jernigan (USA, 18 mins)
08:30PM:
Feature: "WAKING" by Ben Shelton (USA, 90 mins)
Short: "5AM" by John Painz (USA, 7 mins)
08:30PM:
DAY 5 AFTER PARTY AT TOSHI'S LIVING ROOM & PENTHOUSE
APRIL 10, 2013
03:30PM:
Documentary: "FREE CHINA: THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE" by Michael Perlman (US, 53 mins)
03:45PM:
Feature: TBA
06:00PM:
Feature: "JUNCTION" by Tony Glazer (US, 92 mins)
Short: "The Dog" by William J. Holden (USA, 9 mins)
06:15PM:
Feature: "JUNCTION" by Tony Glazer (US, 92 mins)
Short: "BEST OF BOTH WORLDS" by Michael Dunker (USA, 13 mins)
08:15PM:
Feature: "LESS LOST" by Chase Conner (USA, 77 mins)
Short: "88 MILES TO MOSCOW" by Karen Glienke (USA, 20 mins)
08:30PM:
Feature: "THE BOYZ OF SUMMER" by Antonio DiFonzo (USA, 99 mins)
08:30PM:
DAY 6 AFTER PARTY AT LA VIE
APRIL 11, 2013
05:45PM:
Feature: "WEST END" by Joe Basille (USA, 90 mins);
Short: "THE BEARD" by Yaz Rabadi (Canada, 5 mins)
06:00PM:
Feature: "THE SILENT THIEF" by Jennifer Clary (USA, 102 mins)
Short: "GLUE" by Michal Lavi (Canada, 7 mins)
08:35PM:
Documentary: "GAZZARA" by Joseph Rezwin (USA, 94 mins)
Short: "UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE" by Gabriele Altobelli (Italy, US, France, 18 mins)
08:30PM:
CLOSING NIGHT AFTER PARTY AT LIBATION
APRIL 12, 2013
AWARDS NIGHT
Labels: Billy Bates, HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT, SOHO International Film Festival SIFF, Sunshine Cinema
