Join the Party
Podcast
Join the Party is a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast. That means four friends...
Dungeons and Dragons storytelling fantasy
Pari (2018)
Movie
A husband and wife move to a new house with their daughter. Once in the house strange events start...
Demonic girl prayer
The Challenger Disaster (2019)
Movie Watch
INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the...
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Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Loving (2016) in Movies
Sep 29, 2021
It tells the true story (yes, yet ANOTHER âtrue storyâ!) of Richard and Mildred Loving who travelled from their home town of Central Point Virginia to Washington DC where â as a mixed race couple â they could legally get married.
However, on returning to their home state and living together as man and wife, they fell foul of the Stateâs repulsive antimiscegenation statute which banned inter-racial marriages. The Lovings were found guilty and sentenced to a year in jail, which was suspended on the requirement that â unbelievable but true â the couple leave Virginia and not return (together) for 25 years. The film documents the fight of the couple â largely led by the feisty Mildred (Ruth Negga) â to fight the injustice, taking the case ultimately to the US Supreme Court for an historic ruling.
This was an Oscar-nominated performance by Ruth Negga and, man, is it deserved. Itâs a performance of such quiet understated power that it is a joy to watch. But also strong is that of Joel Edgerton (âMidnight Specialâ, âThe Great Gatsbyâ) as Richard who here adopts a largely sulky and subservient manner that contrasts beautifully with Neggaâs perky optimism.
I also loved the performance of Marton Csokas (Celeborn from âThe Lord of the Ringsâ), chillingly unreasonable as the bigoted Sheriff Brooks and Michael Shannon (âNocturnal Animalsâ, âMidnight Specialâ) as the Time photographer Grey Villet, capturing a classic picture that is shown (in standard âtrue storyâ fashion) at the end of the film (and below).
Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, whose âMidnight Specialâ last year made my top 10 of the year, this is a thoughtful and educational piece that should particularly appeal to older viewers keen to see a drama of historical importance beautifully told.
My Selfie Story: Episode 8. Sophie Hollywood Star.
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App
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Little Failure: A Memoir
Book
Little Failure is Gary Shteyngart's bestselling and very funny memoir. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...
An Improbable Friendship: The Story of Yasser Arafat's Mother-in-Law, the Wife of Israel's Top General and Their 40-Year Mission of Peace
Book
An Improbable Friendshipis the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now ninety-seven, who was Moshe...


