<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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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...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi -The Force of Hope

Star Wars: The Last Jedi -The Force of Hope

Dec 13, 2017

?That?s how we?re going to win. Not by fighting what we hate, but by saving what we love.? Okay, so millions of people are going to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the newest installment of the Skywalker saga. They will go for many reasons: They?ve been following this...

I, Tonya – Whose Truth?

I, Tonya – Whose Truth?

Dec 7, 2017

?I was loved for a minute, then I was hated.? Figure skating is all about elegance and grace. So when in 1994 the sport took on a violent aspect with an attack on a top skater before the Olympics, it became one of the early examples of TV tabloid journalism. I, Tonya...

Lady Bird – Discovering a Best Self

Lady Bird – Discovering a Best Self

Dec 1, 2017

?I wish I could live through something.? The senior year of high school, the cusp of adulthood, is the setting for Lady Bird, the coming-of-age comic drama from writer/director Greta Gerwig. Christine ?Lady Bird? McPherson (Saoirse Rowan) is at that point where she is...

Summer 1993 – A Child’s Loss of Innocence

Summer 1993 – A Child’s Loss of Innocence

Dec 1, 2017

As Summer 1993 opens, children are playing in the street. One of them looks at six-year-old Frida (Laia Artegas), and asks, ?Why aren?t you crying?? Is that part of the game or does Frida have reason to cry? As viewers we don?t yet know why she should cry, but when we...