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Darrel Manson

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Tommaso – Too Much Imagination?

Tommaso – Too Much Imagination?

Jun 4, 2020

In Abel Ferrara?s Tommaso, the lines between imagination and reality are never clearly demarcated. That is true not only for the viewer, but, as the film progresses, it is an increasingly difficult boundary for the protagonist to navigate. Tommaso (Willem Dafoe) is an...

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

May 22, 2020

?How can it be that a white British woman knows more about Mexican cooking that anyone else?? Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy is the story of a passion. When a British woman found her way to Mexico in 1957, she discovered a love for the food and the culture. For the past...

Castle in the Ground: The Power of Addiction

May 15, 2020

In Joey Klein?s Castle in the Ground, 19 year old Henry (Alex Wolff) is caring for his dying mother. His new neighbor Ana (Imogen Poots) is often noisy and disruptive. One night he sees a masked man force his way into her apartment. He encounters her one day at the...

New French Shorts 2020

New French Shorts 2020

May 15, 2020

If you read my festival coverage, you?ll know that I am a proponent for short films. I enjoy the chance to take in a program or two of shorts when I attend film festivals. Shorts are more than just practice for aspiring filmmakers. Shorts get to the point quickly and...

Snowpiercer – Dantesque Train Ride

Snowpiercer – Dantesque Train Ride

May 14, 2020

All of life has been reduced to the inhabitants of a 1001 car long train that continually circles the earth where the outside temperature is -119? C. In TNT?s new drama series Snowpiercer, that train becomes a microcosm for society. The series is based on the 2013...

The Traitor: What is Honor?

The Traitor: What is Honor?

May 11, 2020

?I was and remain a man of honor.? Tommaso Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino) claimed to be an honorable man. But what he meant by that may mean something different than you think. The Traitor is the story of how in the 1980s, he (and some others) began to bring down the...