Daily Archives: September 18, 2012

MARGARET (2011): Life without Law

Margaret isn’t a character in Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret (2011). Lisa is the name of the main character in this film. Margaret characterizes Lisa by contrasting the Margaret of Gerald Manley Hopkins’ poem “Spring and Fall” (1880) to the film’s Lisa. Lisa is a student at a posh New York private school. In her English class […]

September 18, 2012 – 4:16 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, Movies, Poetry, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology | Comments (1)