A small college prep school in rural Louisiana boasts that 100% of graduates are accepted into college, including 32% into Ivy League schools. An impressive record. It gained national media attention due to viral videos of students learning of their acceptances. That...
?Because I could no longer ignore death, I pay more attention to life.? Based on a true story, Grace and Grit, from director Sebastian Siegel, is story of love in the face of death. The specter of death is of such existential power that we would expect such a story to...
?If you leave me, I?ll have to kill you.? Those words are not an empty threat by a thwarted woman. Christian Petzold?s Undine retells the folklore/myth of a water nymph who is compelled by her nature to destroy an unfaithful lover. That underlying story has found...
Part of my self-identity is as a jock. That isn?t to say I?m particularly athletic, but I always wanted to be. I took part in sports, but never excelled. But that desire helps define me as a person. Changing the Game, a documentary by Michael Barnett, is a look at the...
I?m always happy to promote short films as part of the entertainment landscape. Often the only chance people get to see shorts is at film festivals or during the Academy Awards season. But now Disney has created a program of live action shorts streaming on Disney+...
?My prayer worked! I can?t believe it!? Based on a true story, Julio Quintana?s Blue Miracle is a story of answered prayers, but it is even more a story about finding rebirth in the people around us. It is the story of a washed up boat captain, a fishing tournament,...
?Surely we belong to God and to Him we shall return.? In Zeshawn Ali?s Two Gods we see the struggles of people dealing with violence in their lives and neighborhoods. The documentary set mostly in Newark, New Jersey, focuses on Hanif, a Muslim casket maker and ritual...
One of the rites of passage in the teenage years is to fall in love. In Spring Blossom we watch a young woman who doesn?t feel at ease with her peers begin an infatuation with an older man, who has his own issues about fitting in. Together they enter into a...
The world is changing. Of course, each day brings changes, some small, some momentous. But for women in Saudi Arabia, changes are happening rapidly. In Haifaa Al Mansour?s The Perfect Candidate we see a woman who almost by accident finds herself in a role that not...