It was twenty-five years ago this month that Los Angeles erupted in a violent civil disturbance. Many people remember it as a response to the acquittal of four police officers who were involved in beating Rodney King. While that verdict was an important component of...
It is rare that a film can seem to be poetry, and that may be even more difficult when the film has no dialogue. Yet The Red Turtle manages to be just that. It certainly has the elements of myth and legend, but it is at its core the story of humanity as seen in a man...
I recently had a chance to take part in a small round table interview with The Promise director and co-writer Terry George and producer Eric Esrailian. The film is set in the Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. This is a...
Family is the central theme of Born in China, this year?s Earth Day offering from Disneynature. The last few years they have focused on a single kind of animal (Monkey Kingdom, Bears, African Cats) and shown their lives and environment. This year they take us to...
?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...
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...
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...
?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...
?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...