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127 Hours (Danny Boyle, 2010)
BY: Wesley Hill
According to this movie, it’s not that “Please help me” is more significant than “I love you.” Rather, “Please help me” is itself a form of “I love you.” The two cries belong together.
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300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
BY: Denis Haack
Don’t all young adults dream of heroism? Of finding themselves at some point of destiny and responding with a courage they hoped they had within them, but could never be sure until such a moment?
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A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard, 2001)
BY: Andrew H. Trotter, Jr.
The film is a powerful look at the life of John Nash, a Nobel Prize winning theorist who struggles with schizophrenia.
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A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford, 1992)
BY: Russell B. Ramsey
I am a child of the 70’s and 80’s. Yet this film did something profound that really shook something inside me awake. And it is still awake.
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A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009)
BY: R. Greg Grooms
A Serious Man is loosely based on the book of Job, but instead of three friends, Larry seeks advice from three rabbis: Rabbi Scott offers him a monologue about seeing God in a parking lot; Rabbi Nachtner, a story about a dentist who finds the words “Help me” engraved in Hebrew on the back of a patient’s lower incisors. Rabbi Marshak quotes Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick: “When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.”
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The Village (M. Knight Shyamalan, 2004)
I (Heart) Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004)
The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
Saved! (Brian Dannelly, 2004): Five Movies That Weren't Nominated for the Oscar in 2
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
The Matrix: Reloaded (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 2003)
Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004)
Big Fish (Tim Burton, 2003)
Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
Inherit the Wind (Stanley Kramer, 1960)
Big Kahuna (John Swanbeck, 1999)
Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1989)
Three Colors Trilogy: Blue (1993), White (1994), Red (1994) (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
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This year spring came late to southern Minnesota, and when it arrived it brought chilly temperatures, cloudy skies, and lots of rain. Whether it is because of these factors or something entirely different I don't know, but 2013 has turned out to be The Year of the Morel. If you have never sampled these delicious mushrooms, you are in for a treat. We've found them on more than one walk in the woods, and so feel we have had a special opportunity to experience one of the wonders of creation.
Morels, goldfinches, a well crafted film, an iris bursting into bloom, a chance for an unhurried conversation in a safe place--such glimmers of hope help us flourish as persons in this broken world. These are the sort of things we are concerned with at Ransom. Thanks for visiting.
Denis & Margie Haack
Anita Gorder
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