<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Memoir of War – Morass of Emotion

Memoir of War – Morass of Emotion

Aug 17, 2018

Memoir of War (La Douleur) is a semi-autobiographical story of writer Marguerite Duras recounting her time late in World War II and its aftermath. Duras was a part of the French Resistance and went on after the war to have a career as a writer and a filmmaker...

The Wife – Support, Loyalty, and Resentment

The Wife – Support, Loyalty, and Resentment

Aug 14, 2018

This may be the perfect time for The Wife to find its way to the screen. It seems almost tailor made for the Time?s Up movement. Perhaps the fact that Jane Anderson?s screenplay (and Meg Wolitzer?s book it is based on) is fifteen years old reflects the way women have...

The Captain – Responding to Authority

The Captain – Responding to Authority

Aug 9, 2018

?Everyone gets their due.? The power of authority is at the center of The Captain, a German film from Robert Schwentke. But the authority in the film is based in a lie. In spite of that, the authority is perceived as real by everyone involved. Based on a true story,...

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee Brings It

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee Brings It

Aug 9, 2018

Until fairly recently, Spike Lee was the only go-to African-American filmmaker. Over the last few decades he has given us important looks at racism and the African-American experience, in both narrative and documentary forms. His newest film, BlacKkKlansman, continues...

Puzzle – Constructing Happiness

Puzzle – Constructing Happiness

Aug 2, 2018

?Life is random, but when you finish a puzzle you know you?ve made all the right choices.? My wife enjoys jigsaw puzzles. I help a (very) little bit from time to time, but they aren?t really my thing. But in Marc Turtletaub?s film Puzzle, this pastime becomes a force...

Calling All Earthlings – The Look of Faith?

Aug 1, 2018

In the California desert, near Joshua Tree and 29 Palms stands a strange domed building that is the focus of belief in UFOs, conspiracy theories, and a small part of the birth of the counter-culture and emergence of New Age ideas. Calling All Earthlings is a...

Paths of Blood- Meet Al Qaeda Terrorists

Paths of Blood- Meet Al Qaeda Terrorists

Jul 13, 2018

Path of Blood is an opportunity to meet a few Islamic terrorists. Yeah, not the people I look forward to meeting either, but this documentary from Jonathan Hacker gives us a chance to meet some of those in Al Qaeda and we may be surprised at what we see. The film is...

Custody – A Child’s Pain in Divorce

Custody – A Child’s Pain in Divorce

Jul 13, 2018

Custody is a moving look at the pain that can come from a family disintegration?especially as that pain manifests in a child. Mariam (L?a Drucker) and Antoine (Denis M?nochet) are divorcing. The key issue to be decided is the custody arrangement for their son Julien...