<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Call Jane – Women caring for women

Call Jane – Women caring for women

Oct 28, 2022

The issue of abortion is a constant in American politics. That was true even before the Row v, Wade decision, and has been supercharged since the current Supreme Court struck down that decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women?s Health Organization earlier this year. No...

T?r – Hubris and its cost

T?r – Hubris and its cost

Oct 25, 2022

?Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.? (Prov. 16:18 [NRSV]) In T?r, written and directed by Todd Field, we meet a woman at the very pinnacle of professional life. Her accomplishments may astound us. Her world seems to be as full as it can...

God’s Creatures – Problem Prodigal

God’s Creatures – Problem Prodigal

Sep 29, 2022

?We?re all God?s creatures in the dark.? Jesus? parable of the return of a prodigal son (Luke 15:11ff) is a complex tale of grace and of judgment. In the parable, we see the perspectives of the son, his father, and his brother. In God?s Creatures, directed by Saela...

Carmen – Throwing off repression

Carmen – Throwing off repression

Sep 23, 2022

?God isn?t evil. God is very tired, and when we are tired we make big mistakes.? Carmen, written and directed by Valerie Buhagiar, is a story of both repression and awakening. Some people are silenced, but may have blessings to share if allowed to be heard. When...

Young Plato – Grade school philosophy

Young Plato – Grade school philosophy

Sep 23, 2022

?It?s very hard to be right in philosophy.? I was in college when I had my first class in philosophy. We may think philosophy too hard, esoteric, or maybe even a waste of time. But in the documentary Young Plato, filmmakers Neasa N? Chian?in and Declan McGrath, take...

See How They Run – Whodunnit fun

See How They Run – Whodunnit fun

Sep 15, 2022

?It?s a whodunnit. You?ve seen one, you?ve seen them all.? It may be true that murder mysteries often follow set formulas, but See How They Run, directed by Tom George, manages to be enough different to entertain us, while being very adamant about how typical it is to...

Medieval – The real game of thrones

Medieval – The real game of thrones

Sep 7, 2022

?If you chose to fight, you may die?but for your cause, and that is a good death.? Medieval from director Petr J?kl, is the story of a Czech hero, Jan ?i?ka. The film opens with voiceover saying ?Blood. Tyranny. Intrigue. Power.? That might make you think of Game of...

Hold Me Tight – Being human

Hold Me Tight – Being human

Sep 7, 2022

?It?s human.? What we see in Mathieu Almaric?s film Hold Me Tight is indeed very human. Of course, sometimes being human means suffering through great pain. Perhaps it can also mean moving past that pain. Clarisse (Vicky Krieps) is on a journey away from her family....

Burial – Legacy and death

Burial – Legacy and death

Sep 1, 2022

?Death is nothing if the legacy lives on.? Ben Parker?s Burial builds a tale around the ambiguity about the death of Hitler in 1945. Some have used that idea to imagine his escape to Argentina. This film takes a different perspective. It becomes a battle for the...