Unhealed Wound – Page 27

“The Stoning of Soraya M”–Let He Who Is Without Sin….

Written by diana on July 23, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on “The Stoning of Soraya M”–Let He Who Is Without Sin….

“The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) cuts into the soul with its fierce, unflinching narrative of Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old woman stoned to death in a small Iranian village in 1986 after being convicted of adultery. Her death was the subject of Freidoune Sahebjam’s 2009 novel, La Femme Lapidée, a book banned in Iran. This...

“Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

Written by diana on July 10, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

“Scottsboro: An American Tragedy” is a 2001 PBS documentary in the American Experience series about the notorious trials of nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. The landmark trial magnified rampant racism, denial of a fair trial, and the continued North-South animosity that existed almost 70...

“The Borgias”–Bonfire of the Vanities

Written by diana on June 25, 2012. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 6 Comments on “The Borgias”–Bonfire of the Vanities

In the Season 2 finale of “The Borgias”, there is adultery happily engaged in by the beautiful Lucrezia, the fratricide of the favorite son of Pope Alexander VI (Jeremy Irons), the torture and death of the charismatic but delusional Savonarola (who spearheaded the original bonfire of the vanities), and the successful poisoning of the...

“Memory of a Killer”–Losing One’s Mind

Written by diana on June 18, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on “Memory of a Killer”–Losing One’s Mind

Memory of a Killer (De Zaak Alzheimer) is a 2003 film that defies description– about an elderly hired assassin, Angelo Ledda (the wonderful Belgian actor Jan Decleir), who is recruited for one last assignment: to kill a twelve-year-old girl. The story moves in almost black-and-white footage through the sunless streets of Antwerp where...

“12”– Revisiting “12 Angry Men”

Written by diana on June 8, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “12”– Revisiting “12 Angry Men”

Academy Award nominee for best foreign film in 2008, “12″ is a Russian interpretation of “12 Angry Men” (1957) starring Henry Fonda and Lee Cobb. If “Twelve Angry Men” argued for the right to a fair trial in the time of McCarthyism, “12” dramatizes anti-Semitism, anti-immigration, class warfare,...

“Bernie”– A Texas Tale

Written by diana on May 31, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on “Bernie”– A Texas Tale

This indie film defies easy categorization because it is sometimes comedic, often sad particularly with regard to the old and lonely, and always quirky. Based loosely on a true story, which took place in a Texas hamlet called Carthage, the small-community culture is faithfully and mercilessly presented. The writer-director, Richard Linklater...