Movies

(courtesy IMP Awards) Though people are apt to embrace the past with its proven ability to soothe with nostalgia and to warm with sweet memories, they are less inclined to wade into its sometimes murky waters when there is an accounting to be made. Especially when such an accounting lays Continue Reading

(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBased on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book & one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, and magician, and chocolate-maker became the Continue Reading

(courtesy IMP Awards) At one key point in this quietly immersive but immensely emotionally powerful film, one of the two men, Pietro aka Berio (Luca Marinelli), whose lifelong friendship forms the beating hear of Le Otto Montagne (The Eight Mountains) admits that he and his bestie Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) are Continue Reading

(courtesy IMP Awards) One of the things that’s so appealing about science fiction and that makes it such an engrossing genre in which to immerse yourself is its seemingly infinite capacity for carrying all kinds of ideas, both big and small. All storytelling does this, of course, but somehow science Continue Reading

(via Shutterstock) Whether it’s heading out to a darkened cinema with wine and popcorn in hand, or snuggled up at home streaming on a device on your choice, there’s no doubt that movies gift with us with some pretty amazing stories. The fact that we can lose ourselves in these Continue Reading

(courtesy IMP Awards) When a schism develops slowly and over time between you and someone foundationally woven into your life, it can feel well nigh impossible to bridge it in any meaningful way. Years of quiet warfare, not wished for or intended can leach the bedrock of this primal connection Continue Reading