Tribeca Film Festival – Destiny Delights

The Best Chris Messina Roles in Movies and Television

August 11, 2022September 3, 2022Posted in Film, Home Page Posts, TVTagged 28 Hotel Rooms, Alex of Venice, Birds of Prey, Call Jane, Chris Messina, Dreamin Wild, Ira and Abby, Jenna Fischer, Marin Ireland, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mindy Kaling, Netflix, Rashida Jones, The Giant Mechanical Man, The Sinner, Tribeca Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Victor ZsaszLeave a comment

A loving glance under beautifully thick eyelashes here, a dash of murderous tendencies there, and a whole lot of that undisguisable raspy Long Island accent everywhere, these are just some of the components that make up a classic Chris Messina performance. Looking through the credits of Messina’s nearly three-decade career, he has an actor’s filmography equivalent best described by the phrase: “always the bridesmaid, never the bride.” And in another multiverse, Messina would already be the go-to Hollywood leading man (and Italian short king) we deserve.

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Tribeca 2022: ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’ Interview with Director Signe Baumane and Actor Dagmara Dominczyk

July 19, 2022September 3, 2022Posted in Film, Home Page PostsTagged Dagamara Dominczyk, My Love Affair with Marriage, Signe Baumane, Tribeca Film FestivalLeave a comment

[originally published on Medium]

Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair with Marriage is not your standard children’s animation. Though it does feature adults spewing lessons about purity, “Be a virgin until you’re married,” or how a young girl’s sole responsibility is to find love “Marriage is your destiny. You should patiently wait, you’re not a complete person without your soulmate.” Baumane’s feature is not here to reinforce those archaic and sexist ideologies, but instead, she’s here to examine and dismantle them, almost like an anti-patriarchal Sherlock Holmes.

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