<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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M*A*S*H – Showing the Folly of the Times

M*A*S*H – Showing the Folly of the Times

Jan 5, 2018

?This isn?t a hospital; it?s an insane asylum!? I was in college, of prime draft age, when M*A*S*H hit the theaters in 1970. That probably says a lot about what I found so appealing about that film when I first saw it. It also explains why when it played at AFI Fest...

Call Me by Your Name – Moving Past Innocence

Jan 1, 2018

?To make yourself feel nothing so you don?t feel anything. What a waste.? Coming-of-age stories are often about discovery as characters emerge from childhood. They often harken back to the story of Eden, as Adam and Eve eat forbidden fruit and their eyes are opened to...

In the Fade – Justice? Revenge?

In the Fade – Justice? Revenge?

Dec 31, 2017

?They?ll get their punishment. I promise you.? Justice. Revenge. Are they the same? Are they even related? In the Fade from Fatih Akin is the story of a search for justice, and what happens when that justice is denied. In the Fade is Germany?s official Oscar entry for...

Wonder – The Beauty in the Beast

Wonder – The Beauty in the Beast

Dec 15, 2017

?You can?t blend in when you were born to stand out.? What a frightening thing the first day of school can be?especially when you?ve been home schooled your whole life because you have a deformity that cannot be hidden. Wonder is a story of outcast and friendship....

Ethel & Ernest – Extraordinary Ordinariness

Ethel & Ernest – Extraordinary Ordinariness

Dec 15, 2017

?There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad. Nothing dramatic. . .. But they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book.? British author and illustrator Raymond Briggs told his parent?s very ordinary story in a graphic novel, Ethel...

What Will People Say – Culture Clash

What Will People Say – Culture Clash

Dec 15, 2017

What Will People Say was one of my favorite films at AFIFest this year. I wasn?t alone in my estimation of the work; it also won the Audience Award in the New Auteurs section. It is a powerful and engaging film in which two different value systems collide within the...