The Holdovers (2023)
A hated teacher, a student rebel, & the school cook grieving the loss of her son in Vietnam are stuck on campus during Christmas break.
All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
A French & a German teenager listen in 1934 to a “Professor” speak about light & 10 years later are brought together by her shortwave radio broadcasts.
Flora & Son (2023)
When troubled son Max refuses a guitar from his mother Flora, she decides to learn to play it, her teacher via Internet being a Californian., this leading to positive results.
Half Nelson (2006)
A drug addicted but caring teacher forms a friendship with a female student that is beneficial to both of them.
Theater Camp (2023)
When the head of an upper NY theater camp goes into a coma, the staff & students work hard on a musical play to save the camp.
The Captain (2017)
If there is any truth in that old maxim “Clothes make the man,” then it must go double if those clothes are in the form of a military uniform conferring even a moderate rank upon its wearer. Such is the case in German director/writer Robert Schwentke’s harrowing World War II drama, filmed in crisp black …
Asteroid City (2023)
I have enjoyed most of Wes Anderson’s droll comedies, especially Moonrise Kingdom and Isle of Dogs. This time his satirical tale set in the desert town of Asteroid City, Population 87, left me a bit cold and nonplussed. Its hero is a husband grieving over the recent loss of his wife and his inability to …
The Starling Girl (2023)
Jem, devout, talented leader of her church’s dance troupe, & her youth pastor fall in love & justify their adultery by “God intends for us to be together.”
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
A beloved book about a young girl’s puberty & confusion of faith in an interfaith marriage is faithfully transferred to the screen.
The Lost King (2023)
A fascinating true (partially) tale of how a woman led the search for the body of King Richard III & fought against the established view that he was a villain.