Darrel Manson

The Promise – Love in a Time of Genocide

Darrel MansonApr 17, 2017

?Our revenge will be to survive.? The modern concept of genocide did not begin with the Holocaust; it started with the attempted extermination of the Armenians during the early years of World War I. The Promise tells the horrifying tale through the story of a love...

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Graduation – The Compromises We Make

Darrel MansonApr 14, 2017

What are we willing to compromise for our children? Our standard of living? Our freedom? Our integrity? Graduation from Romanian director Cristian Mungiu gives us a glimpse into a man?s anguish when his daughter might miss a chance to study abroad where more...

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Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Darrel MansonApr 14, 2017

Norman Oppenheimer (Richard Gere) is always trying to put a deal together. He thinks that if he can just get to talk to the right people, he?ll be able to convince them of his idea. But, alas, his attempts to make the right contacts fall short. Until he meets the...

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Tommy’s Honour – Golf and Class

Darrel MansonApr 14, 2017

?You?re a hero, Tommy Morris, to this town. But you?ll never be a gentleman.? Golf has an aura of propriety. Even at the highest levels, players give themselves penalties for minor violations. It?s just the way the sport is played. The sport has something of an...

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C?zanne et Moi – 19th Century Artistic Bromance

Darrel MansonApr 8, 2017

?I can?t remember why I love you so much.? Two boys meet in a small town in France, they have different backgrounds, but become great friends. They dream of life in Paris. When they grow up they head off to seek fame and fortune. They become the post-impressionist...

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Conversation with Dani?le Thompson, C?zanne et Moi Writer/Director

Darrel MansonApr 5, 2017

I recently had the chance to talk by phone with Dani?le Thompson, the writer/director of C?zanne et Moi, a film about the lifelong?but troubled?friendship between post-Impressionist painter Paul C?zanne and novelist /journalist ?mile Zola. C?zanne is a fairly familiar...

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Frantz – Is It Ever Right to Lie?

Darrel MansonMar 24, 2017

?Don?t be afraid to make us happy.? Fran?ois Ozon?s Frantz is set in the aftermath of the First World War. It is a wonderfully visual film. (It won a C?sar Award (the French equivalent of an Oscar) for Best Cinematography. That may surprise some since most of the film...

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Beauty and the Beast – Now the Live Action Version

Darrel MansonMar 17, 2017

?Tale as old as time/ Tune as old as song? Yes, this is a story that has been told before. Beauty and the Beast is a live action remake of Disney?s 1991 animated (and much beloved) version of the French fairy tale that dates back to at least the 18th Century La Belle...

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The Belko Experiment – Kill or Be Killed

Darrel MansonMar 17, 2017

?Normal people do not work at Belko? It starts off like a normal workday at Belko Industries, except for the paramilitary guards outside. Belko is an American company that has set up shop near Bogot?, Columbia. Because of the threat of kidnapping, each employee has a...

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