<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Oct 13, 2017

The Meyerowitz family has spent their lives talking past each other. How can they find ways to say the important things that must be said? Noah Baumbach?s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is a comic, yet painful look at a family that must struggle to get past...

Bobbi Jene – Pushing Boundaries

Bobbi Jene – Pushing Boundaries

Oct 6, 2017

After ten years as part of the Batsheva Dance Company in Israel, Bobbi Jene Smith is returning to the U.S. to create her own avant garde works. Elvira Lind?s documentary Bobbi Jene chronicles her two year journey, her work, and the personal struggles it entails. The...

Victoria and Abdul – The Queen’s New Friend

Victoria and Abdul – The Queen’s New Friend

Sep 22, 2017

Twenty years ago Judi Dench played Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, the story of Victoria?s close relationship with John Brown, a member of her household staff. Victoria and Abdul sees her again in the roll of Victoria as the now elderly Queen strikes up another personal...

Marjorie Prime – Do You Remember?

Sep 20, 2017

Think of an important event in your life. Do you remember it the same as someone else who was there? Do you remember it the same as you did a few years ago? Marjorie Prime is about the relationship between reality and memory. Based on a Pulitzer-nominated play, the...

Rat Film – Are People the Real Problem?

Rat Film – Are People the Real Problem?

Sep 15, 2017

?There?s never been a rat problem in Baltimore; it?s always been a people problem.? Rat Film is a bizarre documentary that seeks to speak about social issues by showing bits of the history of Baltimore and the way we people interact with rats. It never really makes...

Company Town – Irresponsible Capitalism

Company Town – Irresponsible Capitalism

Sep 8, 2017

?One of our country?s largest private companies is proudly built on American values and skills.? (from a promotional video for Koch Industries) Crossett, Arkansas bills itself as the ?Forestry Capital of the South?. It?s a small community, but it is home to a...

Unlocked: Whom Do You Trust?

Unlocked: Whom Do You Trust?

Sep 1, 2017

Who can you trust? That concept is central in the new spy thriller from Michael Apted, Unlocked. The story focuses on Alice Racine (Noomi Rapace), who we first see working as a social worker in London. But she used to be one of the CIA?s top interrogators. Her job was...