<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Yuni: A life out of season

Yuni: A life out of season

“How do I know what I want? But my future is not bleak.” Yuni, from Kamila Andini, is a coming-of-age story that deals with the conflict between personal aspirations and societal expectations. These are issues in nearly all cultures, but they seemed to be heightened...

A New Kind of Wilderness – Grief in Eden

A New Kind of Wilderness – Grief in Eden

A family living an idyllic life in the Norwegian countryside cherishes their freedom. When their world is turned upside down, they must deal with life in new ways. Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind of Wilderness is an intimate study of a family dealing with grief,...

Sundance – Love Me: A post-human romcom

Sundance – Love Me: A post-human romcom

“You’re special. You’re worthy. You’re you.” Love can be a difficult thing to define. The same is true with knowing who or what we are. Love Me, from Sam and Andy Zuchero, is a romcom that spans billions of years. It begins long after life on earth has ended. It gives...

The Promised Land: Eden in negative

The Promised Land: Eden in negative

“God isn’t civilized. God is chaos. Life is chaos.” I look at The Promised Land as the story of the Garden of Eden in negative. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel from a script by Anders Thomas Jensen (who often brings a theological sensitivity to his stories), the film tells...

Sundance: Eternal You – AI seance?

Sundance: Eternal You – AI seance?

Is there a loved one you long to talk to? Do you think a medium and a séance would work? How about the mushrooming Artificial Intelligence industry? Yes, AI is being developed to offer an opportunity to communicate with the dead (or the AI version of them, anyway)....