by Sean Pratt | May 16, 2021 | Film Recommendations
Dear Cinephiles, “When you have a big human interest story, you’ve got to give it a big human interest ending. When you get people steamed up like this, don’t ever make suckers out of them.” For someone who has relished in cinema since he was born, I have...
by Sean Pratt | Apr 28, 2021 | Film Recommendations
Dear Cinephiles, “What I see nobody else sees. It frightens me.” I have always found comfort in the work of great filmmakers, journeying through their vision as it unfolds in front of my eyes. For me, there’s a vicarious aspect to this because I’ve never longed to...
by Sean Pratt | Oct 7, 2020 | Film Recommendations
Dear Cinephiles, “You never go in there. That’s a dangerous animal,” says trainer Myles referring to the wild mustang that is being held in a boarded-up pen. We’re able to hear all its grunting and hard breathing and see the metal gates tremoring from all the kicking....
by Sean Pratt | Mar 29, 2020 | Film Recommendations
From the first time I saw “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” I fell in love with it. It remains in my top 5 list of all time favorite movies – and one that I have seen a multitude of times with my students throughout the years. In 2007, artist and...
