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.
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.
The Meddler (2016)
Susan Sarandon is delightful. Click the image to read my entire review.
American Gun (2005)
The lives of 7 people living in cities from Oregon to Chicago to Virginia are impacted by guns, 3 of them enduring the aftermath of a mass school shooting.
Room (2015)
Kidnapped as a teenager & raped often, Ma gives birth to Jack, whom she nurtures well, but when freed from their tiny room, can they cope with the world?
Monkey Kingdom (2015)
Disney gives us a girl-empowerment film in this Nature tale of a monkey at the bottom of the social scale of her troop living near an abandoned ancient city in the jungles of Sri Lanka.
Boyhood (2014)
I’m urging you to see this film, which follows the same boy across 12 years from childhood to college. Click on the film title to read my entire review.
Mother … by Susan Sarandon
For Mother’s Day, I am recommending a series of great movies in which Susan Sarandon portrays a wide range of mothers. Click the headline to read the entire column.
LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
While Father is away fighting in the Civil War Mother copes well in raising their “little women,” preparing them to act and think for themselves.