We have all heard about people’s Facebook or email accounts being hacked. Emma Holten for four years tried to get her stolen pictures to be taken off the web. The she came up with a new idea how to fight back. See her video message by clicking on “continue reading.”
Begin Again
It is difficult to write about this film. There were moments when I hated it because it descended into cheesiness of a soap opera. But there were moments when I loved the film because at the core it is fueled by a love of music and the beauty music brings to our lives.
Can you [Read More]
Ida
After a long break I had a chance to see Ida last night. I don’t know where I learned about the film. It was on my list of movies to see. Ida is a film about an 18-year-old girl who is about to take her vows as a nun. The mother superior of the convent [Read More]
Oldest Human Art Found
Archeologists just found the oldest human drawing from over 40,000 years ago. The drawings are in a cave on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Here you can see examples of the drawings.
See the Brown sisters grow old: One photo every year since 1975
This is remarkable set of photos of fours sisters. Click on photo gallery.
Omar
The conflict between Israel and Palestinians is back in the news. On this backdrop, Omar is an even more poignant drama. The film reminds us of the spy-thrillers made during the cold war. Omar is a young Palestinian baker in love with the sister of one of his friends, which whom he secretly exchanges love [Read More]
Rio Bravo
This John Wayne western is a real treat. Why. It has a diverse set of characters who gradually reveal themselves or change. It has suspense. It has danger. This is one of the best westerns I have seen.
Man on Wire
There must be hundred of films about bank robberies. I have never seen anything like the Man on Wire.
Our hero is a French man. What he doing is also strictly speaking illegal, but even though he gets caught he never goes to prison for his transgression. The man is unique and watching him develop [Read More]
Funny Episode on the “Battle over Net Neutrality” by John Oliver
This 13 minutes segment on John Oliver is very good. If you are into the internet, you will enjoy the coverage over the battle over net neutrality.
The Great Dictator
It would be interesting to learn about the reaction of moviegoers who saw the The Great Dictator when the film was first released in 1940. It was still five years before the Great Dictator, Hitler, took his own life
with as the Russian army was approaching his underground bunker in Berlin. The world had not [Read More]