The Little Prince – The Value of Childhood
Yes, it?s a children?s story. Yes, it?s animated. And yes, it may make you want to be a child again. Hopefully you?ll remember how to do that.
Yes, it?s a children?s story. Yes, it?s animated. And yes, it may make you want to be a child again. Hopefully you?ll remember how to do that.
?Don?t give your heart to any boy. You?re mine?until you get married. Then you?re still mine.? Sofia Coppola?s comedy On the Rocks is in some ways a father/daughter road movie in New York City (with a brief excursion to Mexico). It is a relationship movie that looks at two troubled relationships at the same time,…
?Death is more universal than life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives.? A. Sachs I?ve never been able to verify the existence of A. Sachs to know if this is a legitimate quotation, but it is one that clearly has true wisdom. In Netflix?s The Dig, directed by Simon Stone, the constant presence of death,…
?You are my city of joy.? Mona Fastvold?s The World to Come takes us to a world that seems long past, but that reflects many of the same struggles people face today. It is a love story filled with yearning. But it also is a story of confinement and oppression. Set in the mid-19th century,…
Viggo Mortensen?s directorial debut, Falling, is a story of an unrepentant prodigal father and the son who strives to be forgiving and loving. It is the story of the dynamics of a lifelong struggle to maintain a relationship that includes a very fragile loving bond. John Peterson (Mortensen) lives in California with his husband Eric…
?Why are you helping me?? ?You were in my path.? Surviving may be all that someone can handle at times. It?s not just a matter of physical survival, but can require surviving the kind of pain and sorrow that seeks to kill one?s soul and spirit. In Land, the directorial debut of Robin Wright, a…
Sundance offers the chance for many first-time filmmakers to share their films. First Date is the premier feature film from directors Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp. It is a film that doesn?t fit nicely into any single genre, rather it mixes several together. The results sometimes work, but not always. Mike, a somewhat shy high…
?Clearly we were in a boat that needed desperately to be rocked.? The 1960s was a turbulent time. Society was struggling with the Vietnam War, Civil Rights, and the early groanings of the women?s movement. For many, the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) was the place they expected stability, tradition, an unchanging constant. But…
What if you know something bad is happening, but no one will believe you? Perhaps they think you?re crazy. Perhaps you even begin to think you?re crazy. The Swedish film Knocking is part of the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival (happening virtually this year). It is a psychological thriller which saves its revelation…
What does it mean to be a mother? Japan?s submission for Best International Feature Film, True Mothers, creates a very human picture of motherhood, but it also is multifaceted. It is the story of two mothers of a child. They have two very different stories, but can they find a way to bring them together?…