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Mother in Lion
By
pveugelaers
We may choose which we way we go in life, but life cannot be always as clear cut as that. There are complexities involved in decision making such as circumstances. Losing mother and brother can be one of those circumstances. The Indian boy Saroo in Lion (2016) has lost his mother and brother. Saroo asked…
Review: Jackie
By
pveugelaers
You may have your preferred section–the newspaper interview with Jacqueline Kennedy or her handling of grief–but Jackie (2016) comes together all very well as a whole. The film goes back and forth from Jackie Kennedy’s newspaper interview at her home in Massachusetts, to her grief immediately after her husband President John Kennedy’s assassination. Interview and grief…
Waste
By
pveugelaers
It occurred to me, after posting last, of the wasteful handling of food, a theme, as I see it, in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009). I could write about themes in other posts that I see in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but I won’t go into such detail. I could write…
Food in moderation in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
By
pveugelaers
Food makes us happy. The plentiful scenes of fare on display in abundance in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) will make us smile, but may also make us think. When is too much more than enough? We have probably never seen anything like this on the screen—raining cuisine in abundance. This would be…
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