Love – No Small Matter
By Mary Summerbell The two Beloit International Film Festival movies that had the most poignant impact on me this year are both about our most precious…
BIFF 15!
By Mary Summerbell In 2020 Beloit International Film Festival celebrates fifteen years of vibrant life – with extra enthusiasm, extra excitement and extra special events. If…
Contradiction, Tension, Satisfaction
By Mary Summerbell Can you feel it? Constant, sometimes oh-so-subtle, then “Oh!” not-so-subtle pressure, inside and outside your body. At times intensifying beyond discomfort to real…
Winning Decision
By Mary Summerbell Basically, I’m not competitive. Mostly because I’ve never been athletic, and never aspired to be, so I’m not sports-minded. I understand that participating…
Splendid Revelation
By Mary Summerbell It’s known as “The Great Deception.” It’s all about the full truth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s health issues being hidden by his administration…
The Egg and I
By Mary Summerbell Behold the egg. Basic. Balanced. Beautiful. The egg. It has, for me, a singularly pleasing elegance. I see it, easily, as a paragon…
Liyana
By Mary Summerbell “We don’t know where the story’s going. You will decide.” So begins the movie Liyana, a truly outstanding entry this year at Beloit International…
U.S.A. – P.T.S.D.
By Mary Summerbell Almost first thing this year, January 3rd, I had a car accident – smashed in the whole front end of a car I…
Winning Principles
By Mary Summerbell Just before the recent mid-term elections I was watching the news on MSNBC. Rachel Maddow was eagerly ready, as ever, to delve right…
Protected
By Mary Summerbell As chaos and confusion reign, With tweets and leaks and lies, Followed by spectacular feats of Manipulation, deception and deceit – While…
