Friday night I went to see New York I Love You. I hadn't heard about the film until I checked our local art house theater to see what was playing. Whenever I have free moments to get out without my son, I like to take in films there. If you are not familiar with my film reviews, I really enjoy films about love and random glimpses into everyday lives, especially ones with multiple stories that are not connected, where characters overlap, you know? Like,one story might be about a couple breaking up over dinner, then the next story would be about their waiter who goes home to an alcoholic wife. The stories are sometimes sad and depressing, but sometimes love is too-- teenage hearts break, spouses cheat, relationships dissolve or carry on in unhappily. Then there are the uplifting ones where relationships start and last forever in spite of seemingly impossible circumstances. I've written about some of my favorite films and HBO shows from writer/director Rodrigo García, Nine Lives, Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her, Tell Me You Love Me and In Treatment. These kinds of films are always PACKED with some of the most amazing actors and are like reminders that everybody has a story.
New York I Love You features more than 20 awesome actors including Andy Garcia and Ethan Hawk (yow.za!). This film is reminder that everybody has a love story--whether it's new love, love lost, familial love, everlasting love, unrequited love, forbidden love,or love only hoped for. The one story this film was missing was black love. I know there's some black lovin' goin' on in NYC--just sayin'. Still, it was an awesome theater experience. I highly recommend this film. Watch the trailer:
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Yeah, it was renewed for a second season. I'm not sure about a third.
LOVE watching people go through therapy! And as a Psych major and ex-therapist wanna be, I'm not at all surprised by how much the therapist needs therapy his own self.
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I adored In Treatment. Where is it? I thought it got renewed though.
Posted by: Princess Dominique | November 22, 2009 at 04:25 PM
Yeah, it was renewed for a second season. I'm not sure about a third.
LOVE watching people go through therapy! And as a Psych major and ex-therapist wanna be, I'm not at all surprised by how much the therapist needs therapy his own self.
Posted by: Quel | November 24, 2009 at 01:35 PM