?It takes more time to solve adult problems.? ?Then, why didn?t you start solving them sooner?? It?s tempting to call Mounia Akl?s Costa Brava, Lebanon a trashy movie, but that might give the wrong idea. It is a movie that looks at the trash we cannot avoid, no matter...
Faith and doubt struggle within a police detective investigating a brutal murder in Under the Banner of Heaven. The FX/Hulu series is a fictionalized version of a non-fiction book by Jon Krakauer about a 1984 double murder in Utah. It is steeped in the beliefs of the...
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...
?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...
?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...
?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...
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...
?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...
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...