(Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmark)
by Kevin Murphy
This movie is a swift drama with pointed performances; a tense, engrossing plot, important themes and assured direction.
But first…
I want to tell you [...]
The Lives of Others
Tuber Maneuvers
by Richard Murphy
Sticks and carrots move the stones
among the population that scurries
from one side of the road to the other.
The garden of price and pain
grows no knowledge carrying in branches
the [...]
A Pack of Cigarettes
by Valerie Lewis
My grandmother died twenty-two years ago in Saint Medard’s Hospital. I lived close to the hospital then, so I was the one who stayed with her, [...]
New York to Athens
by Sargam Garg
A big city with small hearts,
New York dulls my senses,
Winter, wine, and neon lights,
I am a free captive of this human zoo.
Ah! But to be a prisoner in [...]
Badlands
(Directed by Terrence Malick)
by Kevin Murphy
Beware of film that references the Bible. In fact, any artistic genre that suggests a kinship with Christianity’s forbears should be as ample and [...]
The Client Chair
by Werner Low
It bothered Fabian that the Master didn’t have a special meditation room. Instead they sat in the living room. And not even on the floor, cross-legged. [...]







