By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When Everything You Know Is Torn Apart Brothers (2009) is a powerful exploration of loyalty, trauma, and the fragile bonds that hold families together. The film follows two siblings—Sam, a decorated Marine, and Tommy, a drifting ex-con—whose lives are upended by war, loss, and the struggle for redemption. As Sam is…
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Absolution: The Last Chance to Rewrite Your Legend
By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When the End Looms, What Story Will You Leave Behind? Absolution (2024) is a brooding crime drama that asks: Can a life defined by violence and regret be redeemed in its final act? The film follows an aging gangster, known as Thug, who—facing terminal illness and haunted by his past—sets out…
Facing the Rabbit: How Donnie Darko Can Inspire Your Hero’s Journey
Introduction: The Strange, Twisting Path to Meaning Life doesn’t always make sense. Sometimes, it feels like we’re wandering through an alternate reality, unsure of how the pieces fit together. In the movie Donnie Darko, we meet a troubled teenager navigating visions of a sinister rabbit, cryptic warnings about the end of the world, and the mysteries…
The Power of Your Story in The Last Front
“The Last Front” is a first-rate movie about a historical drama, which is troubling considering the subject matter of the film: the attempts to liberate a small Belgian farming community from German troops who’ve occupied it during World War I, and the unrelenting cruelty that invading soldiers inflict on civilian populations under the guise of carrying out…
The Power of Your Story in ‘Caddo Lake’
Someone says to Paris Long, one of the dual protagonists of Max’s original film “Caddo Lake,” “If you can’t explain yourself, you’re not going anywhere.” I’m not sure I could fully explain this movie, so I might be in trouble. That’s not a real place like Caddo Lake, which really looks more like a collection…
The Power of Your Story 