An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.

There is something so special about being at home with our family and friends all around us. This video captures the warmth of gathering around the piano and celebrates the meaning of "Family", both our immediate family and the Family of God. Includes: Happy Am I Feelin' At Home In The Presence of Jesus Whenever The Wind Blows - Karen Peck & New River A New Born Feeling (I've Got A..) I'm Gonna Praise The Lord - Jeff And Sheri Easter Getting Ready Today - Ann Downing His Hand In Mine The Statue Of Liberty When He Blessed My Soul I've Been With Jesus O Happy Day - Hayes Family Movin' On - Hayes Family Standing On Holy Ground - Conrad Cook & The Calvary Echoes That's Him - The Hoppers How About Your Heart? - James Blackwood, Larry Ford Serenaded By Angels - Kirk Talley Leaving On My Mind - Jessy Dixon There Is A Fountain - Buddy Greene Yes, I Know
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
Remember when there was this amazing comedy titled "National Lampoon's Vacation"? To this day, it is a true classic of the genre and certainly put a new spin on precisely what KINDS of insanity could occur when taking the fam on the road. Then, like with so many successful films, there was the sequel (which for me was even MORE of a classic than the original!). However, the third film emerged....and then a fourth. Suddenly, the luster was gone and disappointment set in.
This coming-of-age Mexican movie is about a group of school children who fulfill their dreams.
Stranger Things season 4 ups the ante to the max! The show’s scope has been expanding for the past three seasons, and boy do they give us a spectacle to behold. As much as I love spectacle, this season occasionally buckles under the weight of its own ambition.
An attempt to capture nostalgia that unfortunately just doesn’t work
Netflix's Afterlife of the Party might fall into the rom-com genre, but it's much more about grief, strong female friendships, and platonic love than it is about romance.