Darrel Manson

Sniper: The White Raven – Is this Ukraine’s soul?

Darrel MansonJun 30, 2022

Sniper: The White Raven is the story Ukraine wants to tell about itself in the midst of its war with Russia. Director and co-writer Marian Bushan leads us to see those fighting for their country as heroic and determined. Certainly, this is in line with the accounts we...

A Man of Integrity – Can ethics survive?

Darrel MansonJun 22, 2022

?Life teaches everybody. Some learn quick, others slow. Some learn too much, others not enough.? Iranian filmmaker Mohammed Rasoulof tells stories that deal with trying to live an ethical life in a less than conducive setting. A Man of Integrity shows the difficulty...

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Jerry and Marge Go Large – What is the value of money?

Darrel MansonJun 17, 2022

?I?ve waited forty years for it to be just us, and so far, we suck at it.? Retirement can be a challenge for people who have been busy their whole lives. It helps if you find a hobby to fill your time. Maybe that hobby turns out to be lucrative?lucrative enough to...

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The Book Keepers – Journey in grief

Darrel MansonJun 16, 2022

?The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.? Phil Wall?s documentary...

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The Walk – Desgregating the Deep North

Darrel MansonJun 9, 2022

School desegregation reached Boston in 1974. It turned into violent confrontations, especially in South Boston. It was a time of racial animus and tension. It was disruptive to both White and Black families. The Walk, from director Daniel Adams, is a story of two...

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The Phantom of the Open – Losing with style

Darrel MansonJun 2, 2022

?No one can say you didn?t try.? I?m not a fan of watching or playing golf, but I am in awe of those who can play at the professional level. That?s because I?m absolutely awful at it. Craig Roberts?s The Phantom of the Open is the story of a novice who tries to play...

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There Are No Saints – A bloody road to redemption

Darrel MansonMay 27, 2022

The trailer for Alfonso Pineda Ulloa?s There Are No Saints declares ?The road to redemption is paved in blood.? The film is not a film about redemption, but about that road?a very difficult search for redemption that may or may not be possible for the central...

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The Last Victim – No light in the darkness

Darrel MansonMay 12, 2022

The Last Victim, from director Naveen A. Chathapuram, is a story of bad people doing bad things and the way the evil keeps multiplying with each addition to the body count (which is pretty high). It?s styled as a neo-western, but it could easily have been an urban...

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The Duke – Being a good neighbor

Darrel MansonMay 12, 2022

?When all is said and done, he really is a pretty good neighbor, isn?t he?? In 1961, a Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from the National Gallery in London. It is the only theft that has ever occurred from the Gallery. The story of that theft and the...

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