From Weekly Wilson

The editorial below appeared in the Nov. 12th Quad City Times and was written by Michael Gerson (WaPo). When you’re right, you’re right and I’m sure Gerson has said this better than I could: ************************ President Donald Trump will be remembered for many things.  For the audacity of his mendacity.  (* He just fired the […]
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I have purposely refrained from writing anything “post election,” hoping that I could post something very hopeful and positive. Instead, although former Vice President Joe Biden prevailed and has won enough votes to be declared the winner of the presidential race by everyone except hard-core Trump supporters, the news from the front was not as […]
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“76 Days” is a 93-minute documentary about the outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, a film directed and written by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen (the cinematographer) and an individual who chose to remain anonymous. One wonders how the team managed to record this battle within a Chinese hospital and whether the anonymity is because the […]
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“Drowning” is a Melora Walters film, produced by Sergio Rizzuto’s Potato Eater Productions, in conjunction with Room in the Sky Films, Eight Trick Pony and Hero LA . Walters wrote, directed, and stars in the film. She has 110 credits as an actress, including “Boogie Nights,” and “Dead Poets’ Society.” She has 3 credits as […]
The post “Drowning” (2020): Mom Obsesses Over Son’s Service appeared first on Weekly Wilson – Blog of Author Connie C. Wilson. Read the full article at Weekly Wilson….

 Bastion Gauthier (Writer/Director) takes the topic of an annual endurance contest (Hands On) in Texas to win a pickup truck and turns it into a small-town tragedy. The contest promises thrilling entertainment to spectators and the chance of a lifetime for the participants, but it ends in real tragedy. The contest organizer, Joan Dempsey, well-played […]
The post “One of These Days:” A Snapshot of Small-town Texas Life at Hands On Contest appeared first on Weekly Wilson – Blog of Author Connie C. Wilson. Read the full article at Weekly Wilson….

Meandering through Rome and Cinecittà, Gerald Morin, who worked with Fellini for over a decade, creates a touching portrait of the man, enriched by anecdotes from Fellini’s most important collaborators. The write-up on IMDB says it  “throws us back to an era that is engraved in our collective memory.” I’ve been reviewing film non-stop for […]
The post “On Fellini’s Footsteps” Retraces Fellini’s Career appeared first on Weekly Wilson – Blog of Author Connie C. Wilson. Read the full article at Weekly Wilson….

George Gallo and Josh Posner took an old idea (based on a 1982 film of the same name  by Harry Hurwitz) and tweaked the basic idea of “The Producers” to give us the comedy “The Comeback Trail.” The movie stars Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones, Zach Braff, Morgan Freeman, Emile Hirsch and there is an […]
The post “The Comeback Trail” Will Leave You Laughing—and That’s Just What We Need! appeared first on Weekly Wilson – Blog of Author Connie C. Wilson. Read the full article at Weekly Wilson….

“A Good Man” is a LGBTQ French film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. It is a Cannes Official Film Selection and the film had subtitles, but the trailer does not. (Dust off your French from high school or college.) Noemie Merlant, who was so powerful in last year’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” plays the […]
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This documentary that showed at the 43rd Denver Film Festival was helmed by Annabel Rodriguez Rios and Sepp R. Bruderon (editor/writer) who visited the remote village of Congo Mirador many times over the course of years, watching it shrink from a village with population of 700 to 30 families and, ultimately, to an abandoned village. […]
The post “Once Upon A Time in Venezuela:” Examines the Fate of the Village of Congo Mirador appeared first on Weekly Wilson – Blog of Author Connie C. Wilson. Read the full article at Weekly Wilson….

“Til Kingdom Come” has played both the 56th Chicago International Film Festival and the 43rd Denver Film Festival, spelling out the close relationship between evangelical Christians and the Jewish community in Israel. The 77-minute film is directed by Director Maya Zinshtein. It’s difficult to understand how this symbiotic partnership has flourished, given the prophecies in […]
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This is a slightly truncated version of the original “Washington Post” article that explains one of the likely methods that DJT will/would try to use to steal the November 3rd presidential election. Could Trump steal the election? Here’s one way to find out. (Sept. 30, 2020) The disastrous debate that unfolded in Ohio should prompt […]
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  Stanley Kubrick was a legendary perfectionist whose demands for more and more takes for a scene in one of his movies would nearly drive the actors to drink. This documentary, showing at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival, discusses that facet of Kubrick’s work and personality. Sterling Hayden, interviewed in the documentary “Kubrick by […]
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Greek director Christos Nikou has crafted a film about a pandemic that causes amnesia and a bureau, the Disturbed Memory Department for Amnesiacs, that works to re-educate those so affected. It opens with the main character, Aris (Aris Servetalis) knocking his head against a wall and, shortly thereafter, he is on a bus but has […]
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