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Sunshine Cleaning

Rose and Norah were little girls when their little mother died. They both came in from playing in the yard to find their mom dead in the bathroom, an apparent suicide. As the two girls grow up, that day shapes their lives. Rose is a single mother working...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 3:24 pm by KickinLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, humor, comedy, families, movies, films, dying

The Spirit of the Beehive

Thanks to a recommendation by my friend, I watched a stunning film this weekend. Set in a Castilian village somewhere in early 1940's rural Spain, this movie has won international acclaim as a masterpiece - labeled one of the greatest Spanish films...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2008 7:07 pm by wag.mado@evpl

Filed under: dvd, reviews, good and evil, families, movies, murder, films, dying, childhood, Spain, foreign films

"The Squid and the Whale": absorbing family drama (not a science documentary)

After seeing it mentioned on one or two best movie lists, I decided to check out this 2005 film although I wondered if I would enjoy its story about a 1980s Brooklyn couple's decision to divorce and the resulting damage to their two sons. I was swayed...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2008 2:49 pm by lit.fic.reader@evpl

Filed under: reviews, families, laura linney, films, Children of Divorced Parents, Jeff Daniels

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

I picked this one up because I saw the face of Philip Seymour Hoffman on the cover. And as usual, he did not disappoint me. The story is about 2 brothers, Andy (Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke), who are both in need of money in the worst way. The elder...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:20 pm by wag.mado@evpl

Filed under: dvd, suspense, good and evil, families, thrillers

War Heroes and Their Families

I guess most of us know of someone who lost their life in a war. The documentary, Be Good, Smile Pretty , takes an emotional look at the personal story of one child who was left fatherless by the Vietnam War. Tracy Droz Tragos' lets us in on her journey...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 3:37 pm by wag.mado@evpl

Filed under: families, documentary, Vietnam, war

He's not your average "Farmer John"

The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a comeback story of the most fascinating kind. The documentary begins with Farmer John tasting the dirt on his farm and ends with him dancing around the farm dressed up as a honey bee! In between is the story of one man's...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:09 pm by wag.mado@evpl

Filed under: humor, agriculture, families, farming, corn, co-op

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