Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
An ordinary white man and a mixed blood woman’s marriage leads to the Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia’s miscegenation law.
Loving Vincent (2017)
Vincent van Gogh’s last days are told as the son of one of his subjects tries to deliver a letter written by the artist to his brother, who also has died.
Loving (2016)
When Richard & Mildred Loving marry in Wash DC & try to live in VA., they are arrested, their case at last landing at the Supreme CT. The Court strikes down miscegenation laws everywhere.
Father’s Day Thoughts of My Movie Loving Dad
Father’s Day is almost over, but at various times during the day I have been thinking of my father, who died back in the 80s. Much of my reflection has been in connection with my love for and writing about the movies since my first review appeared in the Catholic monthly Marriage & Family Living …
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The Only Way (1970)
Good Film for HOLOCAUST Day, May 6, 2024 The story of how the Danes, or rather some of them, smuggled most of the 8000 Danish Jews to Sweden is a good film to watch in honor of Holocaust Day, which comes in early May. Director/cowriter Bent Christensen focuses upon one family, the Steins, consisting of …
Maestro (2023)
The film is more about Leonard Bernstein’s music & sexuality & his relationship to wife Felicia Montealegre than a biographical film.
Love Actually (2003)
Written and directed by Richard Curtis, who also wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary, Love Actually has much to recommend it, despite a couple of storylines of questionable taste. The film is book-ended by scenes of arrivals and departures at London’s Heathrow Airport, as we hear a narrator state …
ELF (2003)
A human raised at the North Pole by an elf learns he is a man, & so sets off for NYC to find his father. Runs into a series of surprises.
The Hill (2023)
The true story of Ricky Hill who became a major league base ball player despite his spinal disease & his pastor father’s opposition.
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
Corinne supports best friend Jane’s baking cakes & taking it to bars to meet men but a case of cancer brings them even closer together.