Word: answering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eyes fell first on the killers, and the questions we can neither avoid nor answer. The talk-show rituals of absolution--blame the culture, the parents, the guns, the video games--left too much unresolved for those inclined to declare that the boys were simply, deeply wicked. But for those with an eye toward larger battles, the killers were not themselves evil; they were instruments of it, of the dark force we met in Narnia and try not to think about once we grow up, until the day we have no choice. Hence the 15 crosses planted...
...answer is that little thing called human dignity. According to the libertarians' markets-for-everything logic, a poor mother ought equally to be allowed to sell herself into slavery--or any other kind of degradation--to send her kids through college. Our society, however, draws the line and says no. We have a free society, but freedom stops at the point where you violate the very integrity of the self (which is why prostitution is illegal...
...before bedtime. Ross's achingly good performance gives the movie an emotional core. There's a well-acted scene in which Ross's character is asked if she has any regrets. Are there any choices in Ross's long career that she would, in retrospect, like to change? Her answer is immediate: "No." Hollywood should have the regrets...
Nancy Donohoe: When we started the festival, we never felt like that we knew how to get into the film festival thing. When we created this, we wanted it to be a very accessible festival. We try to get as many filmmakers as we can here so they can answer questions, spend time with the audience after the film and participate in panel discussions. We try to make it very much it about the filmmaker and celebrating film. We also try to get a mix of the new and old. For example, this year we are offering an "Introspective...
...Nancy Donohoe: When we started the festival, we never felt like that we knew how to get into the film festival thing. When we created this, we wanted it to be a very accessible festival. We try to get as many filmmakers as we can here so they can answer questions, spend time with the audience after the film and participate in panel discussions. We try to make it very much it about the filmmaker and celebrating film. We also try to get a mix of the new and old. For example, this year we are offering an "Introspective...