Author Brent Marchant

"I Like Movies," "The Miracle Club" and "Your Fat Friend," all in Movies with Meaning, at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/06/02/m.... #BrentMarchant #MovieswithMeaning #TheGoodMediaNetwork #ILikeMovies #TheMiracleClub #YourFatFriend #MaggieSmith #KathyBates #LauraLinney #StephenRea #AubreyGordon

"Life's letdowns probed in 'Shortcomings,'" at brentmarchant.com/2024/06/02/l.... #BrentMarchant #Shortcomings #consciouscreation #romanticcomedydrama #RandallPark #JustinHMin #SherryCola #AllyMaki #lifesletdowns #aspiringfilmmaker #rockyrelationship #BayArea #NewYork #disappointment #victimhood

Life’s letdowns probed in ‘Shortcomings’

“Shortcomings” (2023). Cast: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson, Debby Ryan, Sonaya Mizuno, Timothy Simons, Jacob Batalon, Scott Seiss, Nikhaar Kishnani, Sheldon Best, Ronny Chieng, ...

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The latest Frankiesense & More podcast is now on The Good Media Network Facebook page at www.facebook.com/thegoodradio... or The Good Media Network YouTube page at www.youtube.com/c/TheGoodMed.... #WeGrownNow #FreudsLastSession #TheMiracleClub #ILikeMovies #RememberingGeneWilder #YourFatFriend

"'Your Fat Friend' seeks to rectify an unfair oversight," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/29/y.... #BrentMarchant #YourFatFriend #consciouscreation #movies #film #documentary #AubreyGordon #fatactivist #author #podcaster #JeanieFarley #discrimination #prejudice #ridicule #mockery

Join me and host Frankie Picasso for looks at six new films on the movie review edition of the Frankiesense & More video podcast, 5/30, 1 pm ET, on Facebook and YouTube! #BrentMarchant #FrankiePicasso #WeGrownNow #FreudsLastSession #TheMiracleClub #ILikeMovies #RememberingGeneWilder #YourFatFriend

"'The Miracle Club' explores the power of pilgrimage," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/27/t.... #BrentMarchant #TheMiracleClub #consciouscreation #film #movies #MaggieSmith #KathyBates #LauraLinney #Ireland #Lourdes #France #pilgrimage #miracle #healing

‘The Miracle Club’ explores the power of pilgrimage

“The Miracle Club” (2023). Cast: Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Stephen Rea, Agnes O’Casey, Mark O’Halloran, Eric Smith, Mark McKenna, Niall Buggy, Hazel Doupe, Brenda Fricker (voice), Luke ...

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Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday May 28, at www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #BringMe2LifeRadio #BM2L #movies #film #FreudsLastSession #SigmundFreud #CSLewis #psychiatrist #lifesbigquestions

Reviews of "Remembering Gene Wilder," "Freud's Last Session" and "Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island," along with a podcast preview, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/05/25/m....

Wait till you hit your 60s

Hi Aubrey, I just watched the movie and really enjoyed it. I can relate to much of what's in it. You eloquently expressed sentiments that I've felt and experienced ever since childhood. As an author myself, I really appreciate those kinds of spot-on insights. Keep up this great and valuable work!

"'I Like Movies' offers a lesson in comeuppance," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/23/i.... #BrentMarchant #ILikeMovies #consciouscreation #film #movies #Canada #comeuppance #aspiringfilmmaker #NewYorkUniversity

‘I Like Movies’ offers a lesson in comeuppance

“I Like Movies” (2022 production, 2024 release). Cast: Isaiah Lehtinen, Percy Hynes White, Krista Bridges, Romina D’Ugo, Eden Cupid, Arnand Rajaram, Andy McQueen, Alex Ateah, Dan Beirne. Director: Cha...

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"'Radioactive' reveals a chillingly toxic truth," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/19/r.... #BrentMarchant #RadioactiveTheWomenofThreeMileIsland #consciouscreation #film #movies #documentary #nuclearaccident #HeidiHutner #Harrisburg #Pennsylvania #meltdown #JaneFonda #TheChinaSyndrome

‘Radioactive’ reveals a chillingly toxic truth

“Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island” (2022 production, 2024 release). Cast: Linda Braasch, Joyce Corradi, Beth Drazba, Paula Kinney, Heidi Hutner, Jane Fonda, Joanne Doroshow, Lynn Bernabei, ...

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"'Freud's Last Session' plumbs life's big questions," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/17/f.... #BrentMarchant #consciouscreation #FreudsLastSession #film #movies #SigmundFreud #CSLewis #AnthonyHopkins #MatthewGoode #London #Vienna #fatherofmodernpsychiatry #science #atheism #religion #spirituality

‘Freud’s Last Session’ plumbs life’s big questions

“Freud’s Last Session” (2023). Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, Orla Brady, George Andrew-Clarke, Rhys Mannion, Pádraic Delaney, Stephen Campbell Moo...

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Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday May 14 at www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #BringMe2Life #radio #movies #film #BM2L #WeGrownNow #comingofage #Chicago #CabriniGreenPublicHousingProject #growingup #childhood #bestfriends

"'Gene Wilder' sheds new light on an iconic talent," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/12/g.... #BrentMarchant #RememberingGeneWilder #consciouscreation #movies #comedian #writer #actor #TheProducers #BlazingSaddles #YoungFrankenstein #WillyWonkaandtheChocolateFactory #EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutSex

‘Gene Wilder’ sheds new light on an iconic talent

“Remembering Gene Wilder” (2023 production, 2024 release). Cast: Interviews: Mel Brooks, Carole Kane, Burton Gilliam, Eric McCormack, Peter Ostrum, Alan Alda, Harry Connick Jr., Ben Mankiewicz, Rain P...

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"Civil War," "We Grown Now," "Cabrini" and a film festival wrap-up are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/05/03/m.... #BrentMarchant #MovieswithMeaning #TheGoodMediaNetwork #CivilWar #WeGrownNow #Cabrini #ChicagoLatinoFilmFestival #film #movies

"'Cabrini' extols the virtues of faith, inspiration, accomplishment," at brentmarchant.com/2024/05/03/c.... #BrentMarchant #Cabrini #consciouscreation #film #movies #faith #inspiration #MotherCabrini #NewYork #FivePoints #Italy #MissionarySistersoftheSacredHeartofJesus #RomanCatholicmission

‘Cabrini’ extols the virtues of faith, inspiration, accomplishment

“Cabrini” (2024). Cast: Cristiana Dell’Anna, John Lithgow, David Morse, Giancarlo Gioannini, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federico Ielapi, Liam Campora, Patrick “Patch” Darragh, Jeremy Bobb, Rolando Villa...

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"'We Grown Now' explores the joys and perils of growing up," at brentmarchant.com/.../we-grown.... #BrentMarchant #WeGrownNow #consciouscreation #film #movies #Chicago #CabriniGreen #DantrellDavis #MinhalBaig #comingofage #growingup #publichousingproject

‘We Grown Now’ explores the joys and perils of growing up

“We Grown Now” (2023 production, 2024 release). Cast: Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, Jurnee Smollett, S. Epatha Merkerson, Lil Rel Howery, Avery Holliday, Charles Jenkins. Director: Minhal ...

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Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday April 23 at www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #BringMe2Life #radio #movies #film #BM2L #CivilWar #AlexGarland #domesticconflict #KirstenDunst #cautionarytale #journalists #roadtrip

"Wrapping Up the 2024 Chicago Latino Film Festival," brentmarchant.com/2024/04/21/w.... #BrentMarchant #ChicagoLatinoFilmFestival #TheBubble #Laburbuja #TheApartment #ElApartamento #PrisonintheAndes #Penalcordillera #LongTimeNoSleep #Hacemuchoquenoduerma #Argentina #Paraguay #Chile #Brazil #Colombia

"'Civil War' delivers a potent cautionary tale," at brentmarchant.com/2024/04/17/c.... #BrentMarchant #CivilWar #consciouscreation #film #movies #AlexGarland #domesticconflict #KirstenDunst #cautionarytale #journalists #roadtrip

Join me and host Frankie Picasso for looks at six new films on the next movie edition of the Frankiesense & More podcast, 4/18, 1 pm ET, Facebook and YouTube. #BrentMarchant #TheGoodMediaNetwork #CivilWar #Origin #OneLife #Cabrini #RadioactiveTheWomenofThreeMileIsland #Problemista #videopodcast

Reviews of "One Life" and "Origin," as well as a podcast preview, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/04/16/m.... #BrentMarchant #MovieswithMeaning #TheGoodMediaNetwork #OneLife #Origin #AnthonyHopkins

"'Origin' questions the validity of entrenched beliefs," at brentmarchant.com/2024/04/12/o.... #BrentMarchant #Origin #consciouscreation #film #movies #AvaDuVernay #IsabelWilkerson #AunjanueEllisTaylor #caste #race #prejudice #TrayvonMartin #NaziGermany #India

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday 4/9 www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #OneLife #AnthonyHopkins #HelenaBonhamCarter #NickyWinton #humanitarian #childrefugee #Czechoslovakia #England #Prague #flighttofreedom #perseverance

"'One Life' shows how perseverance makes the impossible possible," at brentmarchant.com/2024/04/04/o.... #BrentMarchant #OneLife #consciouscreation #AnthonyHopkins #HelenaBonhamCarter #NickyWinton #humanitarian #childrefugees #Czechoslovakia #England #Prague #London #flighttofreedom #perseverance

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday March 26, at www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #BringMe2Life #radio #movies #film #BM2L #Problemista #toydesigner #NewYork #ElSalvador #immigrant #JulioTorres #TildaSwinton #artcritic

Reviews of "Problemista," "The Eternal Memory" and "Beyond Utopia," along with my Oscar scorecard and a film festival wrap-up, all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network. #BrentMarchant #TheGoodMediaNetwork #Problemista #TheEternalMemory #BeyondUtopia

"'Beyond Utopia' charts the quest for freedom of thought," at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/24/b.... #BrentMarchant #BeyondUtopia #consciouscreation #film #movies #documentary #freedomofthought #NorthKorea #defector

"'Problemista' examines how successes flow from failures," at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/21/p.... #BrentMarchant #Problemista #film #movies #consciouscreation #JulioTorres #TildaSwinton #toydesigner #artcritic #cryogenics #NewYork #ElSalvador #incubatorprogram #success #failure #empowerment

"'Eternal Memory' seeks to preserve as much as possible for as long as possible" at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/18/e.... #BrentMarchant #TheEternalMemory #consciouscreation #film #movies #AlzheimersDisease #dimentia #AugustoGongora #PaulinaUrrutia #documentary #lovestory #Chile #Oscarnominee

In case you missed the March movie edition of the Frankiesense & More video podcast with yours truly and show host Frankie Picasso, you can now find it on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thegoodradio... and YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=su2v.... #BrentMarchant #FrankiesenseAndMore #videopodcast

So how did I do on this year's Oscars? Find out more by reading "My 2024 Oscar Scorecard," at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/13/m.... #BrentMarchant #BestPicture #BestActor #BestActress #BestDirector #BestSupportingActor #BestSupportingActress #Oppenheimer #PoorThings #TheHoldovers

"Wrapping Up the 2024 CEUFF Film Festival," at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/11/w.... #BrentMarchant #GeneSiskelFilmCenter #ChicagoEuropeanFilmFestival #movies #film #Belgium #TheFallingStar #TheBelgianWave #TheExperienceofLove

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday 3/12, at www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #BringMe2Life #radio #movies #film #BM2L #Tótem #Mexico #LilaAviles #celebrationoflife #birthdayparty #shamanicpractitioner #smudging

"Upon Entry," "Tótem," a podcast preview and Oscar predictions, all in the latest Movies with Meaning, www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/03/06/m.... #BrentMarchant #TheGoodMediaNetwork #Tótem #UponEntry #FrankiesenseAndMore #movies #film #videopodcast #Facebook #YouTube

"'Tótem' celebrates life in the face of death," at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/06/t.... #BrentMarchant #consciouscreation #Tótem #film #movies #Mexico #LilaAviles #cancer #celebrationoflife #scaredyounggirl #birthdayparty #shamanicpractitioner #smudging #sage #dyingman

It’s that time of year again – time for my predictions of the winners at the Academy Awards. Who will take home statues this Sunday night? Find out by reading "Who Will Win the 2024 Oscars?" at brentmarchant.com/2024/03/04/w.... #BrentMarchant #Oscarpredictions #movies #film #AcademyAwards

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday 2/27, at www.spreaker.com/show/thecine.... #BrentMarchant #TheCinemaScribe #BringMe2Liferadio #BM2L #film #movies #TheTeachersLounge #Germany #satire #mountain #molehill

"'Upon Entry' tests our resolve to live up to our contentions," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/18/u.... #BrentMarchant #UponEntry #consciouscreation #film #movies #immigration #NewYork #Spain #Venezuela #interrogation

Reviews of "The Zone of Interest," "The Teachers' Lounge" and "When Time Got Louder" are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, at thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/02/17/m.... #BrentMarchant #MovieswithMeaning #film #movies

"'The Teachers' Lounge' charts a molehill's evolution," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/18/t.... #BrentMarchant #TheTeachersLounge #molehill #consciouscreation #satire #Germany #comedydrama #film #movies #pettytheft

"'When Time Got Louder' asks, 'Who cares for the caregiver?'," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/13/w.... #BrentMarchant #WhenTimeGotLouder #consciouscreation #movies #film #autism #caregiver #Canada

‘When Time Got Louder’ asks, ‘Who cares for the caregiver?’

“When Time Got Louder” (2023). Cast: Willow Shields, Lochlyn Munro, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jonathan Simao, Sharon Taylor, Ava Capri, Piper Curda, Aias Dalman, Ava Grace Cooper, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Br...

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"'When Time Got Louder' asks, 'Who cares for the caregiver?'," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/13/w.... #BrentMarchant #WhenTimeGotLouder #consciouscreation #movies #film #autism #caregiver #Canada

"'When Time Got Louder' asks, 'Who cares for the caregiver?'," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/13/w.... #BrentMarchant #WhenTimeGotLouder #consciouscreation #movies #film #autism #caregiver #Canada

"'When Time Got Louder' asks, 'Who cares for the caregiver?'," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/13/w.... #BrentMarchant #WhenTimeGotLouder #consciouscreation #movies #film #autism #caregiver #Canada

"'When Time Got Louder' asks, 'Who cares for the caregiver?'," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/13/w.... #BrentMarchant #WhenTimeGotLouder #consciouscreation #movies #film #autism #caregiver #Canada

"'When Time Got Louder' asks, 'Who cares for the caregiver?'," at brentmarchant.com/2024/02/13/w.... #BrentMarchant #WhenTimeGotLouder #consciouscreation #movies #film #autism #caregiver #Canada