As stated in the April 2014 issue of Visual Parables, the film titles below are linked to my review of the film posted on Visual Parables’ website. Click onto the title to see the review. The Boy in Striped Pajamas The Counterfeiters (2007) Defiance Divided We Fall (2000) The Grey Zone The Hiding Place Jacob …
‘71 (2014)
A raw British soldier in Belfast is separated from his companions in a Catholic zone, forced to dodge IRA pursuers out to kill him during a very long night.
The Wrecking Crew (2008)
Documentarian Danny Tedesco explores the L.S. studio band The Wrecking Crew in which his father was a key player. Lots of interviews & archive footage.
It Follows (2014)
When Jay’s sexual partner infects her with a curse of a follower set on killing her, she tries with her friends to figure out how to escape the curse.
Metalhead (2013)
Grieving the death of her brother, Hera takes his guitar & all to become a metalhead, often acting out her anger inappropriately. Peace comes to her through an unconventional pastor & her mother, who has just let go of her own grief.
The Last Butterfly (1991)
During the Nazi era a Parisian mime who includes a mockery of their salute is sent to a camp to direct a children’s play for the benefit of a Red Cross inspection team & turns it into an act of defiance & unmasking of evil.
Wild Tales (2014)
In this cautionary film six tales set in Argentina show the folly, and sad results, of a person’s anger and thirst for vengeance, some funny but all deadly.
While We’re Young (2015)
This new Noah Baumbach film with Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts is a wonderfully told tale. Click the image to read my entire review.
Chappie (2015)
In S.A. the robot cop inventor wants to install A.I. His boss says No, but he goes ahead anyway, & then is kidnapped by crooks wanting to use it for crime.
The Gunman (2015)
A hit man turning over a new leaf discovers in Africa that now he is targeted, so his search takes him to London & Spain where he discovers his old flame.