A war-damaged father trying to raise his daughter in a forest runs up against society’s rules. 5 stars! Click the image to read my review.
Leave No Trace (2018)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Because Charles Dickens last 3 novels flopped, he badly needs a success, so after struggle & inspired by strangers & family, he writes A Christmas Carol.
3 Generations (2015)
A grandma, mother, & granddaughter interact as the 3rd, a transgender, seeks to gain permission from them & an absent father to enter a sex change program.
After the Storm (2016)
After success of his 1st novel, a man is a failure 15 years later as writer, husband & father, now tries to reunite with his ex-wife & son during a storm.
The Shack (2017)
A grieving father is lured back to the mountain shack where his daughter was killed, surprised that the Trinitarian God is there to bring him back to faith & life.
Collateral Beauty (2016)
When the head of an ad agency does not get over his grief for his dead child, his 3 partners hatch a complicated plot so that he will be declared mentally incompetent & they can save the agency from ruin.
Little Men (2016)
Jake & Tony’s friendship is tested by a dispute over the appropriate rent for Tony’s mother’s dress shop in the building owned by Jake’s parents.
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
Amos Oz tells the story of his boyhood with his troubled parents just before & after the birth of Israel, his depressed but talented mother passing on to him the gift of story telling before her suicide.
Knight of Cups (2015)
In this stream of consciousness film a screenwriter is like a lost knight who has forgotten his mission, and so he recalls the past as he seeks recovery.
Coming Home (2014)
A father imprisoned in China escapes & tries to contact his wife but their daughter betrays him. Years later he is freed, but his wife now has amnesia & thus does not recognize him.