richard gere – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

WISDOM OF HAPPINESS – Review by April Neale

October 9, 2025October 12, 2025 April Neale barbara miller, dalai lama, Dharamsala, documentary, oren moverman, Philip Delaquis, richard gere, Wisdom of Happiness

This quietly powerful new documentary, centered on an intimate encounter with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, offers a rare antidote to the burnout of modern life. It doesn’t lecture but invites you into a luminous, quietly revolutionary true story about a remarkable man that reminds us that the path to joy begins in a more profound connection to the world around us. Let its message slow you down.
By the end, Wisdom of Happiness feels less like a documentary and more like an experience as a cinematic meditation on what truly matters. This film reminds us that our brief time on this planet can be spent chasing status and wealth, or cultivating warmth, generosity, and joy.

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THE AGENCY – Review by Susan Granger

December 12, 2024December 14, 2024 Susan Granger cia, Jeffrey Wright, Jez & John-Henry Butterworth, michael fassbender, Paramount/Showtime, richard gere, The Agency

Combine CIA secrets with undercover espionage and toss in some big-name studs and you should have an intriguing new spy series, right? Unfortunately with The Agency, it doesn’t add up. Using the code name ‘Martian,’ Michael Fassbender plays a world-weary CIA field agent abruptly summoned from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to his London base after six years of undercover work, leaving behind his lover, activist Sami Zahir (Michael Fassbender)

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THREE CHRISTS – Review by Brandy McDonnell

January 21, 2020January 24, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments Bradley Whitford, Jon Avnet, Peter Dinklage, richard gere, Three Christs, Walton Goggins

The film is loosely drawn from Milton Rokeach’s controversial 1964 psychiatric case study “The Three Christs of Ypsilanti,” but you don’t have to do much research to realize that the movie has been embellished with many made-up plot machinations – including one big morbid twist that is totally made up – that mostly detract from the potentially fascinating story.

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