<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Hala – Between Two Worlds

Dec 6, 2019

Hala is the story of a young woman caught between two world?her parents? and the culture she has grown up in. It is a stereotypical coming-of-age story with the additional conflict of having to live by additional rules that grow out of her parents? values. But it also...

A Hidden Life: Resisting Evil

A Hidden Life: Resisting Evil

Dec 4, 2019

Terrance Malick creates films that are spiritual experiences. Sometimes, it is more about the experience than story. (Personally, I love going through those experiences, but understand why some find it difficult.) In A Hidden Life, Malick creates an experience that...

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Nov 27, 2019

For over thirty years, a woman in Philadelphia taped up to eight channels of television twenty-four hours a day. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project tells the story of how a collection of 70,000 VHS tapes chronicle the worlds from the Iran hostage crisis until her...

AFI Fest 2019 – Awards and Personal Faves

Nov 23, 2019

AFI Fest 2019 Presented by Audi has announced the winners of the Audience Awards, as well as the Grand Jury Prizes for short films. Following the awards listing, I?ll chime in with my own favorites from the festival. Audience Award ? Feature  I AM NOT ALONE (DIR...

Thursday at AFIFest 2019

Thursday at AFIFest 2019

Nov 22, 2019

As AFI Fest 2019 Presented by Audi draws to a close, it is time to thank the festival and it?s press office for allowing me to attend and report on the festival. I also want to thank the countless volunteers who helped to make the festival run smoothly and make sure I...

Wednesday at AFIFest 2019

Wednesday at AFIFest 2019

Nov 21, 2019

There has been a major change at AFI Fest 2019 Presented by Audi. For the last few years, tickets for most screenings and events at the festival were free. This year, the public needs to buy tickets, although there are some films that had free screenings. While the...

21 Bridges – Hunting Cop Killers

21 Bridges – Hunting Cop Killers

Nov 21, 2019

?There are 21 bridges in and out of Manhattan. Shut?em down. Three rivers. Close them. Four tunnels. Block them. Stop every train line that leaves the island ? Amtrak, PATH, New Jersey Transit, LIRR?and loop the subways. Then we flood the island with blue.? That is...

Tuesday at AFIFest 2019

Tuesday at AFIFest 2019

Nov 20, 2019

It?s nice to be able to compare notes with others at AFI Fest 2019 Presented by Audi. You get to hear what other people have seen and were impressed by, or just compare notes and confirm that what you saw was pretty bad. Sometimes such discussions can make you rethink...

Monday at AFIFest 2019

Monday at AFIFest 2019

Nov 19, 2019

Fifty-one percent of the films at AFI Fest 2019 Presented by Audi are directed by women. In the lobby of the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres where most of the screenings take place stands a large installation entitled ?Changing the Chairs?, noting that who sits in the...