5 min movie guide

  • JEWS AND BASEBALL : AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY

    An intriguing documentary that traces how a Jewish presence on the baseball field and in the stadium bleachers evolved over the years. For someone like me who could write what I know about the game on a post-it,  and who is hardly an authority of American Judaism it was quite an eye opener …..although there times…

  • THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN

    Gregoire Canvel has two major passions in his life:  producing art-house movies and his family.  Right from the opening scenes of this movie we can see that he his in trouble … the financial kind.  The Production House that he owns has enormous debts and Gregoire with one hand permanently holding a cellphone to his…

  • THE OFF HOURS

    It’s really tough trying to relate or warm to a movie where every character bar one is so depressed. and this is one such case even though it really is not a bad wee film. It’s set in a small town diner where Francine a bored young unmotivated waitress works the night shift.  Business is…

  • SUNDANCE 2012

    RWD’s take on some of the very best (and sadly a couple of the worse) movies from this year’s SUNDANCE FESTIVAL and hopefully (!) most of the good ones will hit your screens later in the year.  Probably not your local Multi-plex but at the Art House/Indie Theater near you.   Bethann Hardison is an African…