<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Most Wanted – The Cost of Ambition

Most Wanted – The Cost of Ambition

Jul 24, 2020

What happens when a big, police inspired drug sting goes bad? Most Wanted, from writer/director Daniel Roby, is inspired by a true story of a Canadian man who was used by the police and left hanging in the wind when things turned bad. Daniel L?ger (Antoine-Olivier...

The Days of the Whale – Leaving a Mark

The Days of the Whale – Leaving a Mark

Jul 24, 2020

The streets of Medell?n, Columbia, are the setting for Catalina Arroyave?s debut feature, The Days of the Whale. The streets she shows us are filled with color because of the music and graffiti artwork. But those streets are also places of darkness because of the...

Carmilla – Sin Lurking at the Door

Carmilla – Sin Lurking at the Door

Jul 16, 2020

Vampires have a wide range of portrayals in our culture. They have scared us (Noferatu, and Dracula), become love interests (the Twilight series), a metaphor for sexual variation (True Blood), comic figures (What We Do in the Shadows), or a mixture of all of the above...

Ramy – Searching for God

Jul 12, 2020

?I feel that the problem?s really that I just don?t know what kind of Muslim I am. Like there?s Friday prayers and then there?s Friday night and I?m, like, at both. I wanna pray. I wanna go to the party.? The Hulu original series, Ramy, takes us into the world of a...

The Tobacconist – Becoming an Adult

The Tobacconist – Becoming an Adult

Jul 10, 2020

?We?re not in this world to find answers, but to ask qestions.? Nikolaus Leytner?s The Tobacconist is a tale of looking for love, finding wisdom, and becoming an adult. As with many coming-of-age films there is movement from innocence to facing harsh realities. How...

Greyhound – Shepherd in the Midst of Wolves

Greyhound – Shepherd in the Midst of Wolves

Jul 10, 2020

Open sea. No air cover. U-boats hunting in a pack. 37 merchant marine ships taking supplies and troops to the war in Europe. A handful of destroyers trying to protect the convoy. The man in charge is a first-time captain. Greyhound is primarily an action movie, but it...