TThe story of 6-year-old Ruby who integrated an all-White New Orleans school. aided by her mother of faith, a famous, psychiatrist, a kind White teacher, & the support of her church & community.
Ruby Bridges (1998)
The Half of It (2020)
Chinese American Ellie is an outsider at high school who writes love letters & texts for shy Paul who is in love with Astrid. Ellie also is attracted to Astrid. The tale ends in friendship & new purpose for each of the 3.
I Lost My Body (2019)
Twin narratives of a severed hand on a mysterious journey and a pizza deliverer on a quest. Click the title to read my review.
Ordinary Love (2019)
The story of how an ordinary Irish couple deeply in love weather the wife’s cancer treatment.
Emma (2020)
this adaptation of Jane Austin’s novel Emma is a busybody often wrong in her matchmaking but, with the help of Mr. Knightly’s criticisms, at last reaching maturity–and love.
The Photograph (2020)
A journalist researching a recently deceased photographer from Louisiana falls in love with her daughter in NY, but each has issues that threaten their relationship.
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019)
A wonderful documentary about songwriter Leonard Cohen’s \relationship with his muse Marianne Ihlen. Click the movie title to read my review.
Yesterday (2019)
Jack Malik is the only one who remembers the Beatles, so by singing their songs he becomes famous, though in danger of losing his soul due to his deception.
On the Waterfront (1954)
A girl & a priest pull dock worker Terry Malloy to testify against the mob, while his brother & the mob boss pull Terry in the opposite direction.
Gloria Bell (2018)
The divorced Gloria meets Arnold who also loved dancing, but is he still too much under the spell of his grown children and ex-wife?