Category: Movies

The Last Vermeer is yet another example of a remarkable relatively unknown true story. It’s set on the heels of VE Day, May 1945, in the Netherlands. The film is based on the book The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez and directed by first-time director, Dan Friedkin. We first meet Joseph Piller (Claes…

First Cow takes place in the 1820s in the Pacific Northwest. Directed by Kelly Reichardt (“Certain Women”) it’s a slow moving film with subdued scenery that will not capture the attention of everyone. (It’s an indie film; in my local parlance a “Palm Theater” movie.) It has two things going for it: a tale of…