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The Dinner–Food for Thought

Written by diana on March 31, 2019. Posted in movie reviews.

This darkly suspenseful tale of two privileged families is based upon the Dutch author Herman Koch's bestselling 2013 novel. The families struggle to make the most consequential decision of their lives, all over the course of dinner at an exclusive Manhattan restaurant. Upper class privilege and sibling rivalry are at the heart of The...

Dawn Wall–They Persisted (The Only Wall to Consider?)

Written by diana on March 24, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Dawn Wall was last year's SXSW Audience Award documentary winner. Free climber Tommy Caldwell and his climbing partner, Kevin Jorgeson, attempt to scale the unscalable 3000 ft. Dawn Wall, a vertical granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Dawn Wall is much more than a documentary about climbing

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — The Golden Rule

Written by diana on March 17, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

There’s a lot to like about producer/director Morgan Neville’s moving, 2018 documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Neville (who also created 20 Feet from Stardom – see my August 19, 2018 review) interviews just about everyone who knew Fred Rogers– his wife and two sons, his longtime cast and crew on the pioneering PBS series Mister...

Bordertown, Season 2–Borderline Thriller

Written by diana on March 8, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 7 Comments on Bordertown, Season 2–Borderline Thriller

This long-awaited Finnish noir thriller’s second season continues to feature the quirky and sullen detective Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen) and his partner, Lena Jaakola (Anu Sinisalo), as they obsessively pursue a series of grizzly murders similar to the first season of 2016 (see my July 23, 2017 review of...

The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

Written by diana on February 4, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

Nominated for ten Academy Awards including best picture, The Favourite is perhaps one of the best revenge thrillers of 2018. Reminiscent of Downton Abbey with its opulent settings and costumes, The Favourite is also an historical drama. In the early 18th century court of Queen Anne, we see a mentally fragile and damaged queen (the...

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Written by diana on January 13, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Filmmaker Werner Herzog, in this tech-retrospective of the history of the internet and the convoluted relationship between humans and computers, examines the past, present and future of the internet. His easily recognizable gravelled-voice of the narrator is both ominous and puzzling. Lo and Behold gives the viewer a spellbinding,...