Orange County Visionaries – Trends, Updates and Visionaries
Carla Sramek is “the C in CMR” as the founder and driving force of CMR-Carla’s Movie Restaurant, the nonprofit organization that provides community-based environments for artists of all abilities to present their work to the public, and for the community to engage with and support emerging artists.
Oct. 15, 2023
24 Frames
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April 18, 2012
Movies
The austerity of Alain Cavalier’s critically acclaimed movie “Therese” symbolizes the simplicity of a young woman, Therese Martin, devoted to a life of religious purity.
April 26, 1987
Among the presents that Dylan Thomas remembered so warmly in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” was a child’s encyclopedia “which told everything about the wasp but why .”
Feb. 5, 1987
“Carol” universalizes from the particular, and it does so with exceptional skill and style.
Nov. 19, 2015
Awards
In a conversation with The Envelope, Todd Haynes, director of the beautiful, spellbinding romance “Carol,” mentioned his three favorite scenes shared by his Oscar-nominated actresses Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
Feb. 3, 2016
Audrey Tautou trades frothy for dour as she plays a woman trying to free herself from an unfulfilled marriage in Claude Miller’s final film. It’s handsome yet at times frustrating.
Aug. 22, 2013
As a lesbian romance set just before the dawn of the Eisenhower era, the new film “Carol” would seem to have little light to throw on modern relationships.
May 18, 2015
Review: ‘Thérèse’ an unadorned observation of human behavior