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Sense of an Ending (2017) –Remembrance of Things Past

Written by diana on August 6, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on Sense of an Ending (2017) –Remembrance of Things Past

The Sense of an Ending is a dramatic adaptation of the novel. It glides back and forth in time as we view the disconnected pieces of a previously unexamined life and the exploration of memory's role in constructing one's identity.

“Bordertown”– New Boundaries in Scandinavian Noir

Written by diana on July 23, 2017. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Bordertown”– New Boundaries in Scandinavian Noir

You can escape the big city and its frenetic fierceness, but you can’t escape murder, not even in the hinterland of Finland. That’s the psychologically disturbing theme in Bordertown, Netflix’s latest international acquisition and the latest Scandinavian Noir drama that's sure to mesmerize audiences.

The Salesman–Not Exactly Arthur Miller

Written by diana on July 17, 2017. Posted in movie reviews.

This 2017 Academy Winner for Best Foreign Film defies easy categorization. The masterful Asghar Farhadi is the director, screenwriter, and producer of the 2013 Cannes Winner, “The Past”, the 2011 Academy Award Winner of “A Separation” and his most recent, The Salesman. All three of these Iranian films are idiosyncratic...

Carmel Bach Festival–The Joy of Music

Written by diana on July 9, 2017. Posted in Art, Local travel, Unhealed Wound.

Now celebrating its 80th anniversary, the world-renowned Carmel Bach Festival has just begun its summer season.

The Keepers–Another Spotlight

Written by diana on July 1, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on The Keepers–Another Spotlight

The Keepers explores the 1969 death of 26-year old Catholic nun and Baltimore schoolteacher Sister Cathy Cesnik and touches on 20-year-old Joyce Malecki's murder four days later. Both slayings remain unsolved. The cover up that follows has echoes of "Spotlight".

Cezanne et Moi–Artistic Jealousy

Written by diana on June 27, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on Cezanne et Moi–Artistic Jealousy

Cézanne et Moi portrays the troubled friendship between the Post-Impressionist master Paul Cézanne and the Nobel Prize-nominated novelist Émile Zola .