?Grandpa?s house was a revolving door of cousins and aunts, with a full complement of laughter and tears, with an occasional nervous breakdown. But above all, it?s where Uncle Charlie lived.? The Tender Bar, directed by George Clooney and based on a memoir by J.R....
From director Randall Okita, See for Me tells the story of a blind young woman who must face off against a gang of intruders. But she isn?t quite alone. Her phone may be her salvation. Sophie (Skyler Davenport) is heading off to a remote mansion to housesit. She has a...
?These horses will run till they drop. You have to tell a horse it?s time to stop.? Many people want to pass on a legacy. It is more than just wanting to give something of value to a future generation. It can be a validation of one?s life. It can be something that...
?Lucy, I?m home.? Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez were the biggest TV stars (by far) of the 1950s. Their show I Love Lucy was seen by up to 60 million people a week. That show took us into the home of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, a small apartment filled with hilarity. But of...
I recently had the chance to talk via Zoom with Clint Bentley, the director and co-writer of Jockey. The film is the story of an aging jockey coming to the end of his career. He discovers one of the new young jockeys claims to be his son. The film won an Audience...
?Take a look at yourself, sinner.? That sign in a carnival funhouse should be a warning to viewers of Nightmare Alley, the latest film from Guillermo del Toro, that we may be judged by what we see here. We may think this is a distorted reflection, but perhaps it just...
?There are no roads to Shangri-la from our parts of Belfast.? In Belfast, Kenneth Branagh, who wrote and directed, creates a fictionalized version of his childhood. It is a film built on the nostalgia of youth with a background of the violence of the sectarian...
When I got a ?For Your Consideration? feeler for an anime film with the title The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim, ?I thought how can I resist this one?? I had to see how another culture would look at the God of the Jewish and Christian traditions. As...
How often do we try to judge based on assumptions that may not be true? In The Pit, Latvia?s submission for Best International Feature consideration, there are many assumptions that lead the characters to make judgements that may or may not be justified. Markuss, a...