Meatball And A Movie

Pasta with garlic olive oil, Clarabelle Romero's crushed red chile and Parmesan Reggiano. Song Sung Blue, 2008, a documentary film directed by Greg Kohs. The film follows Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder. This documentary leading to a dramatic film release years later reminded me of a similar pair of films. Marwencol, a 2010 documentary, explores the life and work of artist and photographer Mark Hogancamp. It was directed by Jeff Malmberg. Eight years later Welcome to Marwen was released, a dramatic film directed by Robert Zemeckis. The consensus is that Welcome to Marwen didn't tell the story as well as the documentary. I haven't seen the 2025 Song Sung Blue. It was described by New York Times Critic Jeanette Catsoulis as a "toe-tapping weepie." Weepies aren't my cup of tea. 

Eggplant Parmesan. Wild at Heart, 1990, written and directed by David Lynch, starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini, and Harry Dean Stanton. 

Spaghetti and meatballs. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, 2001, directed by Jill Sprecher, written by Karen Sprecher and Jill Sprecher, starring Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin, John Turturro, Clea DuVall and Amy Irving. 

Lasagna. Tokyo Godfathers, 2003, directed by Satoshi Kon.