<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Stan & Ollie – True Friendship

Stan & Ollie – True Friendship

Dec 20, 2018

Laurel and Hardy were one of the greatest comedy duos of all time. They bumbled their way into the hearts of audiences that have spanned generations.?Stan & Ollie, from director Jon S. Baird, is both an homage to brilliance of their comedy, and an examination of...

At Eternity’s Gate – Van Gogh’s Calling

At Eternity’s Gate – Van Gogh’s Calling

Dec 17, 2018

?God is nature, and nature is beauty.? The life of Vincent Van Gogh with all its spiritual and psychological challenges is well known. In At Heaven?s Gate, from artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, we see scenes from his life?some based on his letters, some from...

Capernaum – Chaos or Miracles

Capernaum – Chaos or Miracles

Dec 14, 2018

How does one survive without being ?officially? a person? For people such as refugees or the poor, there may be no paper trail of their existence. In Capernaum, from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, we see a boy struggle with life in that kind of world. Zain (Zain Al...

Backtrace – Memory and Loss

Backtrace – Memory and Loss

Dec 14, 2018

Backtrace is a story of memory, remembrance, and pain. But mostly it is a film about losing things we haven?t even appreciated losing. When a trio of bank robbers go to meet the inside men who planned it all, a shoot-out occurs. Two of the robbers lay dead. The third,...

Nona – Dream Trip Turns to Nightmare

Nona – Dream Trip Turns to Nightmare

Dec 7, 2018

Most of the Michael Polish film Nona seems like a dream. There are new young people who seem to have a wonderful life opening up for them. But for one of them this dream turns into a nightmare. A young Honduran woman (Sulem Calderon) lives in a shanty town. She seems...