Author: Diana Paul

“Hinterland” —The Remote Interior of the Mind

Written by Diana Paul on November 1, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “Hinterland” —The Remote Interior of the Mind

An original Welsh-noir murder series on Netflix (in three seasons, 13 total episodes), Hinterland is for those who love this genre. The main character, DCI Tom Mathias, is a deeply troubled unsympathetic detective who, together with his more mature and brilliant partner Mared Rhys,...

The Way I See It–What’s Before Your Eyes

Written by Diana Paul on October 25, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on The Way I See It–What’s Before Your Eyes

The Way I See It, a documentary film released by MSNBC on October 16, 2020, narrates the career of the former Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza. He covered two of the most popular US presidents of the past fifty years: Ronald Reagan and Barack...

“Flesh and Blood”–Deadly Sins

Written by Diana Paul on October 18, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews.

Don’t be fooled. This dysfunctional family gives the appearance of happiness and love, but Flesh and Blood disguises a murder. This mystery-thriller set in the sunshine and warm beaches of West Sussex is a multigenerational psychodrama. The gentle surf and sunny skies can lull the residents...

“Ratched”–Ratcheting Up the Tension

Written by Diana Paul on October 12, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 1 Comment on “Ratched”–Ratcheting Up the Tension

This Netflix quasi-horror thriller creates a backstory for Nurse Ratched, the heartless villain in the 1975 Academy-Award winning classic “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”. “What made Ratched so vile and so unimaginably cruel and unempathetic?” The answer, of course, has roots in...

“Van der Valk”– Going Dutch

Written by Diana Paul on October 5, 2020. Posted in Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Van der Valk”– Going Dutch

This quirky three-episode police procedural on Masterpiece Theater follows a sullen, street-smart Dutch detective, Piet Van der Valk (Marc Warner), who navigates the seedier side of lively Amsterdam. Each two-hour episode of Van der Valk involves a distinct crime that can...

“Them That Follow”–Faith, Interrupted

Written by Diana Paul on September 28, 2020. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

Them That Follow (2019) is an odd American indie thriller about an Appalachian, Pentecostal, Charismatic snake-handling Christian cult. A close-knit community with extremely strong beliefs, it exists on the far-fringe of mainstream society. This is the backdrop for a love story between the...