Month: February 2018

Black Sea (2014)–The Darkness Beneath the Surface

Written by diana on February 27, 2018. Posted in movie reviews.

The British-American disaster thriller Black Sea stars Jude Law as a veteran (Robinson) deep-sea salvage captain, recently unemployed and divorced with a young son. While dejected and wondering what his future holds, Robinson has drinks with a fellow co-worker, Kurston, in similar circumstances. Soon the two friends assemble a misfit...

Phantom Thread: Moving Through Love, Death and Genius

Written by diana on February 19, 2018. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on Phantom Thread: Moving Through Love, Death and Genius

[Bill Clark, Guest Blogger] In an early scene of writer / director Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy-Award nominated Phantom Thread, Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) gazes across the dinner table at Alma (Vicky Krieps) who he hopes will be his next easy conquest. After all, he’s the renowned haute couture dressmaker in 1950s London who...

The Vietnam War–Closure or Catharsis?

Written by diana on February 12, 2018. Posted in Television reviews. 3 Comments on The Vietnam War–Closure or Catharsis?

The Vietnam War Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s PBS masterpiece, The Vietnam War is a mournful, heartbreaking documentary: an essential expose and an unvarnished history of war. The refocusing of history using first-person stories is the most important “Ken Burns effect” producing his best documentary to date. Burns loves to film everyday...

“I Am Not Your Negro”–James Baldwin

Written by diana on February 4, 2018. Posted in movie reviews.

Nominated this year for the Academy Award for best documentary, I Am Not Your Negro is the best film in this category I have ever seen. An indie film (and PBS Independent Lens program) I Am Not Your Negro gives us a fuller understanding of the brilliant mind and soul of James Baldwin, a critical thinker, writer, and essayist, whose work...

Month: February 2018

Black Sea (2014)–The Darkness Beneath the Surface

Phantom Thread: Moving Through Love, Death and Genius

The Vietnam War–Closure or Catharsis?

“I Am Not Your Negro”–James Baldwin

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