If we believed Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki’s wonderfully preposterous concept that if all the villages in the Middle East were run by women there would by no conflicts or war at all. In this delightful satirical tale she actually has us believe that in one such case, it is more than feasible, it’s actually possible. … Continue reading
Bruno is a unhappy and somewhat troubled middle-aged college Professor living in Milan with a girlfriend he cannot commit too and the only way that he makes his days bearable is by taking prescription drugs illegally obtained at a local park. One day Valeria his sister turns up on his doorstep to tell him that … Continue reading
This is yet again another story so bizarre that it just had to be true, and this dramatized movie tells of a very witty and courageous young man who just wanted to have sex once before he died. Mark O’Brien had polio as a kid and although he wasn’t paralyzed his muscles were so extensively damaged … Continue reading
This rather odd little tale starts with a rather forlorn 13 year old girl arriving at Jerusalem airport from California and feeling abandoned and looking for someone to meet her. That someone is her father Shaul who she has not seen for some time, and has yet to discover that he is a homeless drifter … Continue reading
Laura knocks back a couple of Budweisers every day. Not that she is a drunk per se, but she needs a buzz just to get her through her day. She has a husband who is cheating on her with his secretary, a lying little brat of a son, a highly-critical nit-picking mother, a father … Continue reading