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Darrel Manson

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Birds of Passage – Lost Values Lead to Ruin

Birds of Passage – Lost Values Lead to Ruin

?If there?s family, there?s respect. If there?s respect, there?s honor. If there?s honor, there?s word. If there?s word, there?s peace.? Among the Wag?u people of northern Columbia, family is the basis for everything. If that is not cared for, step by step, all values...

Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts

Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts

When it is time to award the best in films each year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences include three categories of short films in their Oscar presentations. Most people don?t get to see many shorts. They play at festivals, and occasionally in front of...

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

When it is time to award the best in films each year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences include three categories of short films in their Oscar presentations. Most people don?t get to see many shorts. They play at festivals, and occasionally in front of...

Oscar-Nominated Short Documentaries

Oscar-Nominated Short Documentaries

When it is time to award the best in films each year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences include three categories of short films in their Oscar presentations. Most people don?t get to see many shorts. They play at festivals, and occasionally in front of...

The Isle – Creepiness Is Not Enough

The Isle – Creepiness Is Not Enough

?This is a dead isle. We?re only here because we have no choice.? In The Isle, three seamen survive an unexplainable shipwreck. They find themselves in a rowboat in thick fog. When the fog begins to lift, they see an island and make their way to it. They find that...

The Golem – Savior or Destroyer?

The Golem – Savior or Destroyer?

?When a man tries to play God, the darkness awakens.? Based in Jewish folklore, The Golem is a tale of looking for a savior, but finding instead destruction. Set in seventeenth century Lithuania, a Jewish village is under attack by local Gentiles who blame the Jews...

Slamdance Film Festival – Day 4

Slamdance Film Festival – Day 4

Covering Slamdance has been a bit different for me because I didn?t actually attend the festival. Through filmmakers and publicists sharing screeners with me I?ve covered the film festival from the warmth of southern California. (As I write this it?s currently 33 F in...

I Am the Night – TV Noir

I Am the Night – TV Noir

?Some stories you can?t tell. Some stories don?t want to be told. Some stories will eat you alive.? TNT?s limited series I Am the Night is a large dose of noir for the small screen. It is moody and ominous, but with a certain moral light flickering amidst overwhelming...