A hated teacher, a student rebel, & the school cook grieving the loss of her son in Vietnam are stuck on campus during Christmas break.
The Holdovers (2023)
Past Lives (202)
Writer-director Celine Song leaves the fantasy world of The Wheel of Time, which she scripted, to give us a heart-warming story set in the present world of the romantic, yet pragmatic. Divided into three parts, hers is a spiritual film, though that of Buddhism rather than Christianity. It is infused with such wisdom and restraint …
GODSPELL (1973)
The Gospels of Luke & Matthew are interpreted in song & dance led all around Manhattan by Christ & his fellow members of a clown troupe.
Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
Grieving over the murder of his mentor, the dead P.I.’s assistant ,afflicted by Tourette syndrome searches for the killers, eventually confronting the most powerful man in New York City.
Dumbo (2019)
In this remake of Dumbo the flying elephant, he has human supporters that prevent his exploitation.
God Friended Me (2018)
Somehow this series sneaked up on me—would have missed it but for an announcement about it in our Sunday newspaper. This is the second time this year that CBS tackles the tricky subject of religion. You might recall my enthusiasm for the few episodes of Living Biblically, which I reviewed in the February issue this …
Menashe (2017)
In a NYC Hasidic community a widowed father struggles against his family & community’s strong pressure to remarry so his son can have “a proper” upbringing.
Genius (2016)
“Genius,” the story of Max Perkins and Thomas Wolfe is brilliant. Click the image to read my entire review.
The Walk (2015)
This is the true story of the French high wire artist who made the daring walk on a wire stretched between the World Trade Towers in 1974.
Pixels (2015)
3 friends & one enemy, all expert video arcade gamers, take on a series of game icons sent by an alien race that mistook a tape of games, sent in a space capsule by NASA, as an act of war.