Goodnight, Never Goodbye
The title of this film is asked, not stated. What is eating Gilbert Grape?
View ArticleHello to the Other World
As a kid, Witness was the chunky bright red VHS tape that I wasn’t supposed to watch.
View ArticleAll in the Family
Shame isn’t about depraved sexual predilections or scarred wrists; it’s about the shame of wanting to run away from who you are and the things that made you that way—and the compounded shame of having...
View ArticleJames Bird on Eat Spirit Eat
Bright Wall/Dark Room spoke with James Bird about families – real, fictional, natural and otherwise.
View ArticleLet the Story Lie
Stories We Tell is Sarah Polley’s deft, open-hearted interrogation of her own family’s scattered mythology.
View ArticleSomeday We’ll Fall Down and Weep
The Tree of Life is, really, a cinematic experience narrated in prayer.
View ArticleDesign for Living
The well-heeled Angelenos of Nicole Holofcener’s Friends with Money come together in the opening sequence to celebrate a birthday.
View ArticleCruelty and Splendor, Chaos, Balance (or: It Gets Worse)
Each set of parents in Carnage comes with their own mask.
View ArticleLetter from the Editor
November is that time of year when many of us naturally begin to turn our thoughts a bit more toward family—for better or for worse.
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