Friday, November 16, 2012

The Magic of Belle Island is beautiful, and magical.

Morgan Freeman's Monte Wildhorn waltzes in the realm of imagination and beautiful lines of wisdom, humor, grace and charm, along with pangs of hurt, loss, disappointment and bitterness, that have long had a hold of him.  I loved this film.  I want to see it again.    

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Welcome--

"When authorities forbid young Kurdish refugee Bilal (Firat Ayverdi) from crossing the English Channel to reunite with his girlfriend in England, the 17-year-old resolves to swim to his love -- and finds an unlikely ally in the form of swim instructor Simon (Vincent Lindon). Facing an inevitable divorce from his wife (Audrey Dana), the middle-aged teacher takes the resolute youth under his wing in this stirring, beautifully acted French drama." Netflix