<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Luzzu – Moderity vs. Tradition

Luzzu – Moderity vs. Tradition

Oct 15, 2021

?Without a boat you lose your way.? Is it possible to live in a rapidly changing world and stay true to the past? If we start giving up bits of our heritage, will there be anything left of it? Traditional ways of life compete with modernity in Alex Camilleri?s Luzzu....

Algren – A writer and his world

Algren – A writer and his world

Oct 1, 2021

Three Rules of Life: Never play cards with a guy named Doc.Never eat at a restaurant called Mom?sNever sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Nelson Algren was one of the key writers of Post-World War II America. His writing was as plain-spoken as...

Hudson – Odd couple road trip

Hudson – Odd couple road trip

Sep 21, 2021

?Try not to run away from stuff that isn?t there.? Hudson, the first feature film from Sean Daniel Cunningham, received a fair number of awards from film festivals. It is certainly the kind of film that festival audiences like to find?a sweet, feel good story from a...

The Card Counter – Unforgivable?

The Card Counter – Unforgivable?

Sep 20, 2021

Paul Schrader?s The Card Counter is the story of a solitary man hiding from the world. Or more precisely, a man hiding from the sin and guilt that he carries with him. ?William Tell? (Oscar Isaac) plays cards for a living. He?s very good at it.  He knows...

Last Night in Rozzie – Compounded lies

Last Night in Rozzie – Compounded lies

Sep 17, 2021

Last Night in Rozzie, from director Sean Gannet, opens with a chaotic memory of an event that happened in 1994. We can?t really tell what?s happening, but slowly we learn what happened that night and the effect it had on the two boys involved?and the ripples it...

23 Walks – A little different love story

23 Walks – A little different love story

Sep 17, 2021

We may think that a love story is a love story. They meet. They clash. They become friends. They fall out. They reconcile. Life is beautiful. Those are the typical beats in such a story. They are all there in 23 Walks, written and directed by Paul Morrison, but it all...