The Napa Valley Film Festival opens tomorrow and runs through Sunday. Here are my opinions of three films running at the festival: A Capernaum Children living in poverty have to do for themselves in this heartbreaking story of love and the lack of love. Twelve-year-old Zain sues his parents for bringing him into a cruel … Continue reading Napa Valley Film Festival opens Wednesday
Day: November 6, 2018
A Private War made public by a brave reporter
A Biopic Written by Arash Amel, from a Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner Directed by Matthew Heineman This is the sort of film that makes me proud to be a journalist. On the other hand, it also makes me feel ashamed that I never, in the course of my profession, did anything really important … Continue reading A Private War made public by a brave reporter