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Posted on August 1, 2016September 7, 2016

DANCING AT LUGHNASA (1998)

From the February 1999 Visual Parables.  Rated PG. Running time: 1 hour 35 min. Our content ratings: Violence 1; Language 2; Sex/Nudity 3 Our star rating (1-5): 5 Praise the Lord!… Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance Psalm 150:1-4 Dance, then, wherever you may …

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Posted on February 11, 2016February 15, 2016

Mustang (2015)

You’ll have to search for this remarkable French film set in Turkey, but it’s well worth the effort. (4 stars) Click the image to read my entire review.

Posted on September 12, 2014September 12, 2014

May in the Summer (2013)

May returns from NYC to Amman to prepare for her marriage to an American Muslim professor, but her Christian mother is against it. Then she too has doubts.

Posted on May 1, 2014February 6, 2021

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.

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