?If we hope to truly see another person, we have to start by looking within ourselves.? Ryusuke Hamaguchi?s Drive My Car is built around the power of storytelling?imagined stories, dramatic stories, and personal stories. The film is based on short stories by Haruki...
Perhaps the grass is always greener on the other side of the Bering Sea. That seems to be the basis for Phillipp Yuryev?s premier feature film The Whaler Boy. Teenaged Leshka lives in a remote whaling village on the edge of the Bering Straits. He and the other men go...
I frequently eat out. Sometimes it?s for convenience; other times it is for something special. The options are endless because restaurants are everywhere. They always have been, right? Well, no. Delicious, from director ?ric Bresnard, is the story of the birth of the...
?Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles.? Shakespeare may seem daunting to many. The language and vocabulary are strange to our ears. We may have been force fed bits of it in high school, and we resent it. Don?t let that be a deterrent to seeing The Tragedy of...
?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...
?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...
?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...
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...