Unhealed Wound – Page 113 – Passion for Art, Movies, and Culture

“The Newsroom”–A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cable TV News

Written by diana on July 30, 2012. Posted in Television reviews. 12 Comments on “The Newsroom”–A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cable TV News

In the opening episode, veteran news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is asked by a fresh-faced journalism student what makes America the greatest country on earth. Cajoled into giving a substantive response by the moderator, Will McAvoy throws caution aside and proceeds in a blistering monologue filled with statistics to explain why America...

“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...

Community Colleges– A Change Is On the Way?

Written by diana on July 16, 2012. Posted in Monterey Peninsula College. 5 Comments on Community Colleges– A Change Is On the Way?

California community colleges have some of the lowest tuition fees in the country. And for decades, the community college system has taken great pride in being a “social equalizer”: operating under several mandates, one of which is to provide inexpensive postsecondary education. But budget cuts have forced campuses to dramatically...

“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 Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”–For the Elderly and Beautiful

Written by diana on June 30, 2012. Posted in movie reviews. 9 Comments on “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”–For the Elderly and Beautiful

Adapted from a novel, These Foolish Things, by Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a finely nuanced film portraying seven British retirees: a widow (Judi Dench) whose late husband drove her into debt, a bigoted nanny/bookkeeper who is resigned to get a discounted hip replacement in India (Maggie Smith), retired judge (Tom...

“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...