film Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/film/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:12:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Boring Rain? Go Classics https://smthingscount.com/2019/01/15/boring-rain-go-classics/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:04:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7671 It’s drizzly weather, but the kids need something to do.  Show them a thought-provoking classic movie. Afterwards, talk about what they saw–what went on and

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]]> The Beauty in Disney https://smthingscount.com/2017/01/21/the-beauty-in-disney/ Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:42:46 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5540 I’d forgotten the beauty in many Disney films.  I was reminded by this short video from “Pocahontas.”  It seems appropriate for one  of my Sensible

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]]> A Disturbing but Must-See Film https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/05/a-disturbing-but-must-see-film-2/ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:25:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4185 How quickly do we turn on each other?  What does power bring out in us?  These are two of the questions startlingly answered in the

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]]> Click Away–It Makes Sense https://smthingscount.com/2014/05/24/click-away-it-makes-sense/ Sat, 24 May 2014 17:55:22 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2810 Graduations, weddings, family BBQs…it’s the season for picture-taking.  Feel virtuous about using a digital camera instead of your old film-using one. The Earth benefits as you save

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]]> Cheating the Elderly https://smthingscount.com/2013/08/19/cheating-the-elderly/ Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:26:11 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1974 “Last Will and Embezzlement”—that’s a film worth watching.  It describes the financial exploitation of the elderly.  The problem is widespread and can happen to anyone,

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]]> Torture Animals: It’s Your Right https://smthingscount.com/2013/04/30/torture-animals-its-your-right/ https://smthingscount.com/2013/04/30/torture-animals-its-your-right/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:40:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1588 Maim and kill an animal so you can film it. It’s your Constitutional right, according to a Texas judge, U.S. District judge Sim Lake. Prohibiting

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2013/04/30/torture-animals-its-your-right/feed/ 2 Trees & “5 Broken Cameras” https://smthingscount.com/2013/02/22/trees-5-broken-cameras/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:18:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1282 The film 5 Broken Cameras woke me up.  I’ve had trouble understanding what’s going on in the Left Bank/Gaza region…until seeing this film.  Now I

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