Trumbo (2015)
The vicious Red Scare in Hollywood after WW 2 is personalized in this bio of writer Dalton Trumbo, who when blacklisted, still won an Oscar under a pseudonym.
Being the Ricardos (2021)
In one week in 1952 Lucy & Desi Arnaz must finish a program while coping with pregnancy, a charge Lucy is a Red & Desi’s infidelity.
January 2016 Journal
In this issue – Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Spotlight, Brooklyn, Concussion, Trumbo, In the Heart of the Sea, The 33, Joy, The Revenant, Youth, and more.
Hail Caesar (2016)
In the Coen Brothers spoof of 1950s Hollywood a studio fixer has his hands full searching for the kidnapped star of its major unfinished Jesus film, getting other stars out of jams, & considering the offer of a job giving him more money & more time with his neglected family.
New! First Visual Parables Journal of 2016
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Carol (2015)
Carol wants to live with store clerk Therese, but it is the 1950s, & both her husband, who threatens to take away their daughter, & society oppose it.
Film Capsules December 2015
Click on a title to see the longer review on Visual Parables’ website—I especially encourage you to do this for Spotlight. I have also seen the new Star Wars film, plus the excellent films Brooklyn, Concussion, and In the Heart of the Sea, but have not had time to finish reviewing them. They will be …