<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Monday – The Price of Hedonism

Is passion enough for building a relationship? In Argyris Papadimitropoulos?s anti-romcom Monday, a couple quickly connect on a sexual level, but then struggle to find if there can be more to their time together. Mickey (Sebastian Stan) and Chloe (Denise Gough) are...

Beate – Socio-Economic Farce

Beate – Socio-Economic Farce

Never mind politics, economics is where you may find really strange bedfellows. In the Italian film Beate (which translates to ?Blessed?), from Samad Zarmandili, two very different groups of women join forces to try to stave off the greed around them. The first group...

Brewmance – Raise a Glass

Brewmance – Raise a Glass

?We?re making liquid art.? When I got the invitation to screen Christo Brock?s Brewmance, I thought of passing, not because I don?t like beer, but because I?ve seen docs about craft brewing before. They usually lead me to try something new, but I kind of prefer to...

My True Fairytale – With Superpowers?

My True Fairytale – With Superpowers?

?I can fix you.? My True Fairy opens with a voice over spoken by Angie Goodwin (Emma Kennedy) in which she tells of her childhood dream of becoming a superhero with the ability to be fly and to be invisible. She would then save the world. As a teen, she still holds on...

The Last Right – Acts of Grace

The Last Right – Acts of Grace

?It?s the first right thing I do for him, and it?s the last.? Doing the right thing is central to Aoife Crehan?s premier feature film The Last Right. But right for whom? And how do we judge the right among multiple values that all have a claim as right? Daniel Murphy...

Running Naked – Days of Vain Life

Running Naked – Days of Vain Life

?Benjamin Taylor is leaving living today.? Sometimes it takes the specter of death to bring light into life. Running Naked, from director Victor Buhler, is a feel-good dramedy that helps us see the beauty in life, even if we know that life is finite. Perhaps that...