Movies: Annie Barson

Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United Sta...

Jordan Bohn returns to her hometown after years away because being there reminds her of her abusive father. She runs into her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Smith, at the train station and they go to their old haunt, the diner. During lunch, Jordan realizes the ...