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Darrel Manson

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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...

Shoplifters – A Twisted Family Tale

Shoplifters – A Twisted Family Tale

Nov 23, 2018

Winner of the Palme d?Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, Shoplifters is a part of Hirokazu Kore-eda?s examination of family?s place within society. This is a topic he has looked at from various angles in other films, notably Like Father, Like Son; Our Little...

The Favourite – Machiavellian Comedy

The Favourite – Machiavellian Comedy

Nov 23, 2018

?I?m on my side. Always.? It isn?t news that politics can be a cutthroat sport. But in the hands of Yorgos Lanthimos, all that palace intrigue can become the basis of humor. The Favourite is a Machiavellian comedy set 400 years ago that reflects the way power often...