<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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The Paper Tigers – Kung Foolery

The Paper Tigers – Kung Foolery

?When a man?s virtue exceeds his talent, he becomes the superior man.? Perhaps you think kung fu movies are all about the graceful movements. You may expect great flying leaps and masterful kicks and punches. The Paper Tigers, from director Tran Quoc Bao, goes in a...

About Endlessness – Pictures of Life

About Endlessness – Pictures of Life

"Isn't it quite fantastic?" Watching Roy Andersson?s About Endlessness is more like wandering through an art museum than sitting in a theater. This film is not about a story. It is about looking carefully at scene after scene of what may seem like ordinary life, but...

Making Sense – Seeing the Disabled

Making Sense, directed by Gregory Bayne, strives to make those with disabilities visible. The story is built around those disabilities, but also around the abilities that are also part of those lives. It does so not only with the story, but by using disabled actors in...

My Wonderful Wanda – Win-Wins?

My Wonderful Wanda – Win-Wins?

?This is a family matter.? Bettina Oberli?s My Wonderful Wanda is about family?and about the ways families become intertwined without planning to. It also serves as a bit of social commentary of the relationship of the haves and have nots of society. Wanda (Agnieszka...

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...