Friday, December 9, 2016

Joy in the Struggle: The Gleaners and I

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If the ultimate purpose of directors is to guide the tone of a film, then Agnes Verda is the most successful of all directors.   Even in...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Cycles Return: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

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Despite the title, this film is not about a year, but about a lifetime that takes place at a hermitage on a beautiful tiny island/dock i...
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Simple Joys: The Scent of Green Papaya

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A deceptively simple film, we see a girl growing into herself through cooking, serving and dreaming. Although she is in a Vietnam of con...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Arrival: Communication and Truth

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Chatter, beautiful noise, static, prattle, nonsensical, overwhelming talk.  It is Starbucks music to my soul, easily ignored until I desp...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Find Family Where You Can: You Can't Take It With You

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This early Frank Capra film gives us what we see often in later film: A group of rag-tag misfits who stick together although the odds ar...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

Look for Friendship with Enemies: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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Powell and Pressburger are at their best when they claim to be giving you one genre, in this case a war film, but end up giving you some...

Movies Illuminate the Way Forward (Introduction)

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Crossroads Many of us are living in anger right now.  Anger at the “other side” who is trying to take our world from us.  Anger at our...