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Wo Ai Ni Mommy
Get Indy Film Fest showtimes for this film by clicking here. Since China opened their doors to foreign adoption in 1992, more than 70,000 children have been adopted to American parents. “Wo Ai Ni...
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Stephanie Wang-Breal, “Wo Ai Ni Mommy”
Over the last 18 years, tens of thousands of Chinese orphans have found homes in the United States. “Wo Ai Ni Mommy” (I love you Mommy) is the account of one 8-year-old girl as she leaves behind her...
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The Way Back
“The Way Back” does something different with the way it tells its trek. Most movies will show the landscape in a majestic, sweeping fashion to make the journey seem like an adventure. In this film,...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The filmmakers of “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” are gambling on how much the audience cares about the central relationship between two Chinese women. It isn’t a question of length since this is a...
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At the Mountains of Movie Madness: Week Eleven
Last year, I took part in an experiment in recommendations. When a friend recommends something to me, I typically remember it, but I also get to it when I get to it. So I spent one month last year...
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You Only Live Twenty-Thrice: “Tomorrow Never Dies”
“You Only Live Twenty-Thrice” is Nick Rogers’ look back at the James Bond films. Each Friday until the release of the 23rd official Bond film, “Skyfall,” Nick will revisit its 22 official predecessors...
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Blackhat
“Blackhat” is both a clunky Michael Mann movie and a classed-up Steven Seagal movie. To perceive either statement as an outright pan is to delude yourself into denying the surface pleasures in either...
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
As generously global as it is intensely introspective, “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road” is a compelling chronicle of a creative consortium. Named for a network of trade routes...
View ArticleReelBob: ‘One Child Nation’ ★★★★★
By Bob Bloom “One Child Nation” is a disturbing movie that shows the devastating toll of government policy on China’s people. The movie centers on that country’s “One-Child Policy,” launched in 1979,...
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“76 Days” w/Epidemiologist Eileen White, Part 2
Epidemiologist Eileen White An epidemiologist and nurse with a background in acute care, Eileen White worked as Chief Nurse Consultant and Epidemiologist at the Indiana State Department of Health in...
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