‘One Life’ review: Holocaust hero’s story is told modestly

[ad_1] The cinematic image of children boarding trains in World War II is, typically, a traumatic one. But in “One Life,” directed by James Hawes, it is wildly, blindly hopeful, as children board trains in Prague, bound for England, escaping dire conditions in refugee camps and the encroaching Nazi occupation, seemingly steps away. “One Life”… Continue reading ‘One Life’ review: Holocaust hero’s story is told modestly

Hopkins on Holocaust drama ‘One Life’: ‘It’s easy to forget’

[ad_1] In 1988, the BBC television series “That’s Life!” aired a program on Nicholas Winton, a former stockbroker who helped to save 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II and the Holocaust. As seen in the episode, the producers of the show surprised Winton by seating him in… Continue reading Hopkins on Holocaust drama ‘One Life’: ‘It’s easy to forget’

Tallulah Willis says autism diagnosis ‘changed my life’

[ad_1] For Tallulah Willis, an Instagram throwback about her father, Bruce Willis, evolved into a public conversation about her experience with autism. Tallulah, the 30-year-old daughter of the “Die Hard” star and his ex-wife, actor Demi Moore, revealed over the weekend that she was diagnosed with autism last year. On Instagram, she posted a video… Continue reading Tallulah Willis says autism diagnosis ‘changed my life’

Why is Jay Shetty the go-to life coach for Hollywood?

[ad_1] I’m not good at sleeping. Scratch that: I am good at sleeping, just not at the times when I’m supposed to. I love the night. I’m galvanized by the moon shining in through my window, sitting at a desk in the glow of candlelight, the breeze rustling the leaves outside. Closing my eyes before… Continue reading Why is Jay Shetty the go-to life coach for Hollywood?

‘Love Life’ review: An anguished family grapples with woe

[ad_1] Grief is universal, and yet no two stories about it are alike, a distinction that keeps Koji Fukada’s tender drama “Love Life” unpredictable as it mixes the mundane with the inexplicable, and empathy with alienation, to nuanced, if never fully stirring effect. Fukada’s fascination with everyday lives upended, hauntingly and revealingly, has served him… Continue reading ‘Love Life’ review: An anguished family grapples with woe

A Grandmother’s Salt and Pepper Shakers Take on a New Life

[ad_1] Margie Soudek came into her first set of salt and pepper shakers—a pair of ducks “dressed like ladies”—around 1946. Throughout the next seven decades, Soudek’s collection expanded to fill a wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling set of shelves. She amassed more than two thousand sets. “Once she started collecting, everybody just gave them to her,” her… Continue reading A Grandmother’s Salt and Pepper Shakers Take on a New Life

‘Simone: Woman of the Century’ review: Veil’s life gets lost

[ad_1] A significant life tied to momentous history is often an irresistible prospect to filmmakers, and France’s Simone Veil — the Auschwitz survivor whose consequential human-rights advocacy as a powerful public servant made her one of that country’s most admired figures — is a case in point, given understandably epic treatment by writer-director Olivier Dahan.… Continue reading ‘Simone: Woman of the Century’ review: Veil’s life gets lost