Barb Bretz
Film & Book ReviewerFriday Film Reviewer & Monthly Book Reviewer
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In the newly released film, “Civil War,” a team of journalists hopes to reach Washington D.C. to interview the President before rebel forces invade the city. Is it a dystopian future America or a possible hellish reality? You decide.
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The film “One Life” is a biopic about Nicholas “Nicky” Winton and the role he played in helping to organize massive kinder transports from Prague to London. The film could be called the British version of “Schindler’s List.”
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Dr. Abraham Verghese’s much-anticipated second novel, “The Covenant of Water," follows three generations of a family that suffers from a strange affliction or is it a curse?
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“Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in September and has earned outstanding accolades and awards at film festivals around the world.
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"Girls State" is the companion film to the directors award-winning documentary "Boys State" that screened at the Sundance 2020 festival.
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The film "Eno" is playing in the New Frontier category.
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"Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story" is playing in the Premiers category.
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'Winner' is screening in the Premieres category.
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"Out of my Mind" is screening in the Family Matinee category.
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Bao Nguyen’s latest documentary, The Greatest Night in Pop, follows the ins and outs of creating the ’80s megahit, "We are the World."