— by BEV QUESTAD — “There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.” — Anton Chekhov What is the border between the insane and the normal individual?[...]
Author Archive
One of the Last Great Radical Rebels of the 20th Century
— by BEV QUESTAD — How did the gentle, gray-haired, 70 year-old Tom Hayden appear … after all these years? During the Portland 33rd International Film Festival, the city buzzed with rich activity in all branches of the arts. Notable was a speaking engagement by activist and author Tom [...]
Under Review: ‘Looking for Eric’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Eric is the 50-ish universal man who finds himself off-track. Using sports analogy, the grace of a woman and an inner desire to finally, at long last, find his true self, Eric self-talks himself through his challenges. Not the film to impress your date However, if you [...]
Under Review: ‘Chameleon’ (aka ‘Kaméleon’)
— by BEV QUESTAD — “We all had the same dream. Not women. Not fame. But cash … because that meant that you were someone.” This is another Hideous Man Show – but this bad dude meets the seemingly angelic, beautiful, seductive, duplicitous Hideous Woman.[...]
Christopher Hitchens on Tour
— by BEV QUESTAD — Christopher Hitchens used to be the sexiest man alive. His rhetoric on issues of justice and accountability has been heart-spinning. In 2001, he wrote “The Trial of Henry Kissinger,” a landmark book on Kissinger’s complicity in sustaining the Vietnam War [...]
Under Review: ‘The Trials of Henry Kissinger’
— by BEV QUESTAD — You will never look at politics the same way. You will never look at government-delivered reasons for being in a war the same way. Your world view will be unalterably changed after viewing this documentary. This is the kind of film that transforms thinking. In his book[...]
Under Review: ‘Rethink Afghanistan’
— by BEV QUESTAD — At the close of this small college screening, a frustrated man stood up and said, “Let’s all pitch in a buck to buy a copy for Barack Obama.” Fifty bucks later, the organizer had enough to send it special delivery. Why are we there? What do we have to gain? [&hel[...]
Under Review: ‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Throughout the world and throughout time, women have been victimized by renegade soldiers driven by powerlessness and dehumanization. For possibly the first time in the history of the African continent, if not the world, a group of women of different faiths and[...]
Under Review: ‘Brief Encounters With Hideous Men’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Say it ain’t so Tiger! Dave Letterman, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton, and even our ancient hero Odysseus … infidelity and adultery are chronic age-old temptations of the susceptible ego. Sara Quinn, played by Julianne Nicholson, is a graduate st[...]