French New Wave director Fran?ois Truffaut wrote the book on Alfred Hitchcock?literally. In 1962 he did a series of interviews (through a translator) with Hitchcock over six days with twenty seven hours of tapes discussing each of Hitchcock?s films. He later put...
?If you put beauty into a place that generally doesn?t have it, that?s a game changer.? Can gardening change people?s lives? That is the question that led Delila Vallot to make Can You Dig This?, a documentary that features urban gardening in some of the must...
?In life going downhill is an uphill job.? Perhaps the most mind-boggling thing about The Lady in The Van is part of the writing credit: Written by Alan Bennett based on his memoir [emphasis mine]. It seems unbelievable that this situation has a basis in reality....
?We may not do the best service to what?s called ?national morale,? but we?ll do a small service to the truth.? In 1967 Egypt, Jordan, and Syria made plans to annihilate Israel. When the dust cleared, Israel not only successfully defended itself, it captured the Sinai...
In The Wonders, teenage Gelsomina is growing up with her family (parents and three sisters) in the Tuscan countryside. Her father is a beekeeper, but Gelsomina is really much more in tune with the bees than he is. In hopes of helping to make ends meet, her father...
I love a good short, and Sanjay?s Super Team (which plays before The Good Dinosaur) is excellent. With no dialogue and only a few minutes long, Sanjay?s Super Team teaches us lessons of faith and passing on traditions to new generations. As young Sanjay plays with his...