Category: Movies at Home

‘Time’ is sometimes off, but the punctual, personal messages resonate

Jeff Mitchell

“Time” – “If you fall, I will catch you.  I will be waiting, time after time.” – Cyndi Lauper, “Time After Time” Sibil Fox Richardson (a.k.a. Fox Rich) has been waiting for her husband’s return for just over 20 years.  Fox and her high school sweetheart Rob are not legally separated but remain physically apart. The couple is legally separated but in an altogether different way.  You see, in 1999, a Louisiana court sentenced Rob to 60 years in prison for armed robbery, and Fox was not an unknowing party. …

Movie of the Week: ‘Raw’

Jeff Mitchell

It’s October, so it’s Pumpkin Spice Month!  Well, it is, but more importantly, it is the spookiest time of the year.   Since it’s Halloween Month, each AHFW Movie of the Week will be a horror film.  Let’s kick off the fun with an eerie cannibal story set in a Belgian veterinary school…of all places. “Raw” (2016) – Justine’s (Garance Marillier) parents drop her off at veterinary school, and she feels a bit nervous about her new journey.  Her older sister, Alexia (Ella Rumpf), already studies there and should be an…

‘On the Rocks’ is a smooth, breezy indulgence

Jeff Mitchell

“On the Rocks” – I got your nose.  I got your nose. How many fathers have played that free-and-easy, five-second game with their kids?  My dad certainly did, but as I grew older, his teasing evolved into more functional spaces.  For instance, he would insist on possessing the television’s remote control when he entered the family room. “Jeff.  Controller.  Hand it over, Son, because you don’t know how to use it,” he would often say.  This exchange occurred daily for years, and sometimes I would hand over the remote with…