Author: Diana Paul

“Clemency”–No Mercy or Absolution

Written by Diana Paul on February 17, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

What’s the psychological and moral cost to a society that administers the death penalty? That’s the question raised in Clemency, the winner of the Sundance drama award last year. So much more than a “death-row drama” , Clemency shifts the lens to the impact of bureaucratized human cruelty: a...

The Report—An Exposé for Us All

Written by Diana Paul on February 10, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EIT)—is the focus of The Report, a provocative Amazon political thriller. A Senate staff researcher, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver) is assigned by Sen. Diane Feinstein (Annette Bening) to investigate detainees held by the CIA in “black sites”. A shameful chapter of American history unfolds , where torture...

1917—This Great War Is Not So Great

Written by Diana Paul on February 2, 2020. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on 1917—This Great War Is Not So Great

The multiple award-winning 1917 is inspired by “American Beauty” writer-director Sam Mendes’s great grandfather’s experience during World War I. Almost everything you’ve ever seen in a war film is here in 1917. There are several homages to the classic Stanley Kubrick film, “Paths of Glory” (1957),...

“Parasite” –Living Off Your Host

Written by Diana Paul on January 27, 2020. Posted in movie reviews.

Parasite This Korean multiple award-nominated, SAG Globe winning movie, Parasite, has captured the critics’ minds as it delves into the income gap, greed and class discrimination between the “one-percenter” wealthy Park family and the destitute, marginally employed Kim clan. The theme of the competitive, desperate search...

Godfather of Harlem—Partners in Crime

Written by Diana Paul on January 19, 2020. Posted in movie reviews.

Inspired by a true story, Godfather of Harlem skillfully interweaves the combative and competing forces of the mafia with the battle for civil rights in the mid-‘60s. In the riveting Epix limited series, Godfather of Harlem, we see the character Bumpy Johnson (the exceptional Forest Whitaker) re-enter the world of organized...

Marriage Story (2019)-The Bonds of Love

Written by Diana Paul on January 14, 2020. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on Marriage Story (2019)-The Bonds of Love

Nominated this year for eleven Academy Awards, Marriage Story portrays two people who really care about, respect, and love each other, and yearn for a “gentle” amicable divorce resolution. They also are determined to nurture and nourish their young son, Henry, with as little wounding as possible. ...