Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2016
In Afghanistan a female war correspondence learns about herself, love, and an alien world as she struggles to get her reports of a forgotten war aired.
May 2016 Journal
In this issue: Barbershop: The Next Cut, Eye in the Sky, Captain America: Civil War, Batman Vs. Superman, The Jungle Book, and A Hologram for the King.
Film Capsules June (+ May) 2016
Sorry, May was such a busy month that I completely forgot about Film Capsules! Some further down the list have left the art house theaters they were released in, but should soon be available on disk or streaming video. The titles are embedded with hyperlinks that will take you to the full review at visualparables.org. …
New! Visual Parables Journal for May 2016
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An Evening With A Broadway/Film Actress
The actress in question is two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones. She has the small role of a TV news executive near the end of Tina Fey’s new film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. The evening our conversation took place, we were in the Catskills “metropolis” (population, c. 70) of Bovina Center in the last part of …
Film Capsules April 2016
Eye in the Sky Rated R. Running time: 1 hour 42 min. Matthew 10:28-30. This is a fascinating exploration of the ethics of our nation’s engagement in drone warfare to fight terrorists. Helen Mirren plays a British-USA-Kenyan team that has been tracking down a Brit married to a Somali terrorist for six years. Thanks to …