The Film Panel Notetaker

Hilarity in a Handbag:
Actors Dialogue with Edie Falco
Woodstock Film Festival
Utopia Studios
Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 10am
Notes by Brian Geldin
Moderator:
Martha Frankel – Celebrity interviewer, author (Hats & Eyeglasses, Brazilian Sexy), Woodstock Writers Festival Founder, funny lady, Facebook friend, mensch.
Panelist:
Edie Falco – Emmy-winner as Carmela on The Sopranos and Jackie on Nurse Jackie.
My Take:
Martha Frankel’s Actors Dialogue [...]

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The  Woodstock Film Festival, one of my very favorites, announced today their full lineup of nearly 150 fiercely independent films, panels, performances and special events, kicking-off Wednesday, September 29 through Sunday, October 3.
I am particularly honored to have worked with Woodstock Film Festival Co-Founder and Executive Director Meira Blaustein in co-programming what we hope will [...]

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I am so excited to be returning to Woodstock, New York, this weekend, not for the Woodstock Film Festival, but rather for the Woodstock Writers Festival, a “Celebration of the Memoir.” The festival will include workshops, fetes, readings, panels, moveable feasts and more with many of today’s best-selling authors including Ruth Reichl, Susan Orlean, Julie [...]

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The Actor’s DialogueWoodstock Film FestivalSunday, October 4, 2008
Of Lucy Liu, John Ventimiglia and Vera Farmiga, which actor:a) Received goat semen via Fedex to inseminate into his or her own goat with a straw…and also speaks Ukrainian?b) Plays the ukulele with his or her child…and also speaks Sicilian?c) Is unsure if his or her parents understand [...]

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2008 Woodstock Film FestivalActors Dialogue: Mary Stuart Masterson & Melissa LeoSunday, October 5, 2009

(Mary Stuart Masterson, center, and Melissa Leo, far right, observe Martha Frankel, far left, making last-minute notes before the Actor’s Dialogue as Meira Blaustein, off-camera, makes an introduction) Photo by Brian Geldin.
The always hilarious, often risqué and well-researched celebrity interviewer Martha Frankel [...]

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2007 Woodstock Film FestivalActor’s DialogueOctober 14, 200710:00am

(L to R: Martha Frankel, Patricia Clarkson & Steve Guttenberg)
The Actor’s Dialogue panel discussion at the Woodstock Film Festival was my favorite I attended there. Martha Frankel was an excellent moderator. She was very prepared with her questions and kept the discussion moving along smoothly. She was able to [...]

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