What kind of man gives up a life of privilege and comfort to live in a war zone half a world away from his family because the people there need a doctor? The Heart of Nuba is the story of American doctor, Dr. Tom Catena, who works in Mother of Mary Hospital in Sudan,...
If you?re looking for a movie to go to for the fun of it, let me share what my wife?s comment was when we came out of Wes Anderson?s Isle of Dogs: ?It made me smile all the way through.? If you want a movie that allows us to consider some important issues in our...
?If I didn?t embellish life with lies, it would be unbearable.? In the opening shot of Bye Bye Germany, we watch a three-legged dog happily trotting through a street that turns out to be in a post-war displaced persons camp in Frankfort. While that dog has next to...
Tales of mystery and suspense are often a search for truth. But what if you aren?t sure that truth is even knowable? Is memory a way into the truth or is it so flawed that it clouds the truth? In Spinning Man, a college professor and homicide detective square off in a...
?I want to be a great man. I just don?t know who I am.? On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Senator Edward Kennedy (Jason Clarke) went off a narrow bridge. Riding in the car was a young woman political staffer, Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara). Kennedy escaped the car, but...
?When I was little, every morning I?d look out the window, and I?d think, ?Every morning it changes.? ?Yeah, when I was a kid I thought every day was different, and it would always be like that. It would always keep changing. But then I realized that, here, nothing...
It?s never too late to find a new outlook on life and love, at least that is what Finding Your Feet tells us. On the surface, this looks like a date night movie for the Leisure World set. But the wisdom the film imparts can be absorbed by people of any age. Lady...
?And yet she persisted? is a political statement in the US. It speaks to women seeking a voice to speak to power. But a woman?s persistence takes on a much deeper importance in the Tunisian film Beauty and the Dogs. University student Miriam (Miriam Al Ferjani) goes...
?I think that we human beings have a compass?a mysterious compass?which leads us to do what is right. It?s something about the inner voice. The birds could go off and make a nest and help their kids to fly, but there?s an instinct that is there. I believe that we...