By Nathaniel R
Mira Sorvino in MIghty Aphrodite (1995)
After interviewing Mira Sorvino about her new projects, the Emmy hopeful Hollywood and two recent indies, our conversation drifted back over her whole career.
For fun, we asked her to program her own mini three or four film retrospective by naming her favourite projects. She acknowledged immediately that Mighty Aphrodite (1995) would be selected for any retrospective since it was her Oscar-winning role, but she wanted to shine the light on lesser-known titles. "I fall in love with every project," she noted, as that three or four film group kept growing and becam eight titles in our conversation. She might have changed the list on another day but here were the titles she hoped people would rediscover or see for the first time that she's very fond of. How many how these have you seen?
BARCELONA (1994)
"One of my first movies, shot in Spain. It's beautiful and fun."
NORMA JEAN & MARILYN (1996)
"Ashley Judd and I were Emmy-nominated playing two sides of Marilyn Monroe. I'm not sure if this one is available though!"
ROMY & MICHELLE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (1997)
"Lisa Kudrow and I recently reconnected. Everyone involved has said we'd love to do a sequel so I don't know why there hasn't been one. I feel so much pride that I'm a part of something that has brought so many people joy."
SUMMER OF SAM (1999)
"Maybe it was the poster or that people thought it was only a serial kill film about David Berkowitz. I feel it was dismissed, despite Spike Lee being a famous director. It's really about community."
THE GREY ZONE (2001)
TRIUMPH OF LOVE (2001)
"These two films were overlooked at the time because they were premiering when 9/11 happened and, rightfully so, everyone was distracted. Grey Zone is about the Jewish sonderkommandos in the Holocaust. It's dark but very powerful from actor/director Tim Blake Nelson. Triumph of Love is so much fun. Light. It would make a great COVID viewing. I play a princess and people who like me in comedies with heart should see this."
HUMAN TRAFFICKING (2005)
"Can I include a miniseries? I'm proud of this Lifetime Miniseries about sex trafficking."
UNION SQUARE (2011)
"Nancy Savoca, who directed great movies like Dogfight and True Love made this one. It would make a great COVID viewing discovery."