I love interspecies films such as Fly Away, and Brazilian director David Schurmann’s film is a delightful addition to the genre. Based on a true story, it celebrates how kindness can result in a friendship that spans hundreds of miles of ocean. Joao Perei de Souza (Jean Reno) and wife Maria (Adriana Barraza) are a fisher family …
The Quiet Girl (2022)
A shy, quiet Irish girl ignored by her overly taxed pregnant mother and drunkard father blossoms during the summer she spends with loving relatives.
Close (2022)
Remi & Leo are as close as can be until a girl at school asks if they are “a couple,” which leads to a parting of ways with sad consequences.
I Heard the Bells (2022)
The inspiring story of how Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rose from tragedy to write the carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” during the dark days of the Civil War.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2022)
A still grieving bookstore owner’s life is changed when he becomes the ward of an abandoned girl just after a prized book is stolen.
I Kill Giants (2017)
A young, imaginative girl traumatized by grief conjures up “giants” but fortunately is befriended by a classmate & her school counselor.
The Book Keepers (2022)
While promoting his wife Carol’s book Dick Wall finds healing while grieving over her death as his son films the nation-wide road trip.
Petit Maman (2021)
A magical tale in which a lonely girl during a period of grief meets in the woods her mother at the same age as she.
Mass (2021)
Two sets of parents, the son of one having killed that of the other, are brought together in a church to work through their grief and hostility.
Fatherhood (2021)
A widowed father tries coping with raising a baby daughter despite the doubts of friends & family because of his immaturity.