<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Nickel Boys: Seeing through other eyes

Nickel Boys: Seeing through other eyes

Jan 17, 2025

“The one thing Nickel taught me was how not to die.” Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross, is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead. The story centers on a young man sent unjustly to a reformatory in the Jim Crow South. The...

Flow: Hopeful post-apocalypse

Flow: Hopeful post-apocalypse

Jan 16, 2025

We have gotten used to the idea of a post-apocalyptic world filled with violence and greed. The animated film Flow, from director Gints Zilbalodis, is a different (and delightful) kind of post-apocalyptic vision. It is a new way of understanding the lifeboat ethics...

My Old Ass – Wisdom of the ages

My Old Ass – Wisdom of the ages

Jan 8, 2025

“I’m very grateful for this moment with you.” Oh, the advice we could give to our younger selves! The opportunities they wouldn’t miss! The mistakes they wouldn’t make! But would they (or I guess it’s really “we”) listen? Megan Park’s My Old Ass is built around the...

AFIFest: The Room Next Door – Being there

AFIFest: The Room Next Door – Being there

Jan 8, 2025

“I have practically held death in my hand. I never imagined it would be so light.” Pedro Almodóvar’s first English language feature, The Room Next Door, is a film about dying. It is also about so much more—especially about what it means to be with someone—to walk with...

Mary – Coming-of Age Nativity

Mary – Coming-of Age Nativity

Dec 6, 2024

“You may think you know my story. Trust me, you don’t” In time for the Advent season, Netflix is giving us Mary, from director D.J. Caruso. It is styled as seeing the Nativity story as a coming-of-age story. All the biblical (and extrabiblical) characters are there....