Unhealed Wound – Page 56 – Passion for Art, Movies, and Culture

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. ...

Happy New Year 2020: The Year of the [Metal] Rat

Written by Diana Paul on January 5, 2020. Posted in Lunar New Year, Unhealed Wound.

Happy Chinese New Year 2020! The Buddha taught rats first, among the animals in the Buddhist pantheon, and rats rank first on the Chinese zodiac. Though people who follow Western animal symbolism do not consider the rat either adorable or auspicious, nevertheless the characteristics of the rat are considered spirited, witty, alert,...

My Top 15 Movies and TV Series for 2019

Written by Diana Paul on December 31, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Here are the reviews I wrote this year with the criteria that they were available online or were at local movie theaters, although not necessarily under broad distribution nor widely distributed through move theaters. Of the 43 reviews, here are my favorites. Another difficult year to make my listicle. As in past years,...

Knock Down the House—A Remodel is Needed

Written by diana on December 20, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

This investigative journalistic documentary invites the viewer to take a closer look at four committed women who ran for Congress in 2018: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Cori Bush of Maryland, Paula Jean Swearengin of West Virginia, and Amy Vilela of Nevada. First and foremost, however, Knock...

Luce—A Beam of Light?

Written by diana on December 16, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound.

Luce the movie The title character, Luce (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is an all-star athlete and model straight-A student who is expected to achieve greatness in college. Luce’s liberal adoptive parents—physician Amy (Naomi Watts) and financier Peter (Tim Roth) adopted Luce when he was a little boy in Eritrea, a boy-soldier who...