Wow, did I pick a great film to kick off my VIFF experience! Filmmaker Randall Okita (in photo above) does a fantastic job with The Lockpicker of… Read more “The Lockpicker (VIFF)”

VIFF is back for it’s 35th year! As an avid believer in the use of film for education and expanding one’s awareness, I will again this year… Read more “35th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)”

This movie is a must see. I am sure we have all heard to some degree about this guy, Edward Snowden, from the U.S., who stole some… Read more “Snowden”

As the city of Vancouver presents its 15th annual DOXA Film Festival, hear what important leaders have to say about the value of this resource and the… Read more “DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2016”

Huntington Disease (HD) is an inherited brain disorder that affects about 1 in 10,000 Americans. In this novel, Lisa Genova does a great job of using a… Read more “Inside the O’Briens, Lisa Genova”

This is simply a fantastic book that is very easy to read and follow. I think I blazed through it in only a couple of sittings (can… Read more “Being Mortal by Atul Gawande”

I often complain that many self-help books really aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. Often they will do a good job at identifying the “problem”… Read more “Quiet by Susan Cain”

This is a great movie for hope and possibility that is available to all of us.  Key component: set a goal and stick with it. Brooklyn is… Read more “Brooklyn”

I wish I hadn’t seen this movie by myself, because I really need to debrief with someone afterward to figure out what I saw. It is possible… Read more “Steve Jobs – the movie”

Fascinating read.  The author, Paulo Coelho, also wrote the very popular book “The Alchemist” — a story about finding one’s destiny. At first, I had a bit… Read more “Adultery, by Paulo Coelho”