‘Message Not Found’ review: Dante Medema thrusts readers into a emotional journey of secrets, grief, and forgiveness

If you think you can escape from reading Dante Medema’s new novel Message Not Found without being at least misty-eyed by the end, you’re either incredibly strong-willed or insane.  Bailey and Vanessa have been best friends since they were young,…

‘Manchester By The Sea,’ and a few other Sundance films that don’t matter as much

A funny thing happened on my fourth day at Sundance. After the screening of what will be the festival’s best film, I was so transfixed, so mesmerized and so subtly heartbroken that the entirety of the movie’s impact only took…