Unstoppable, a documentary sharing professional surfer Bethany Hamilton’s journey, left me mesmerized, not only by her talent but by her incredible determination to succeed. This beautifully filmed documentary shares Hamilton’s… Continue reading "Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (Lieber, 2018)"
I spent just over half of Ford v Ferrari comparing the film to the inferior, cliché-ridden version of itself that I assumed going in that it would be. Eventually, I… Continue reading "Ford v Ferrari (Mangold, 2019)"
There is a painful laugh-out-loud moment near the end of The Report, Scott Z. Burns’s docudrama about the Senate Oversight Committee’s attempts to investigate the CIA’s use of torture in… Continue reading "The Report — Filmfest 919"
There is a scene in Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am — the year’s other great documentary about an iconic and influential female artist — where one of her academic… Continue reading "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Epstein and Friedman, 2019)"
Last year’s inaugural Filmfest 919 managed to provide early screening opportunities for the eventual Academy Award winner (Green Book) as well as the film that took home the North Carolina… Continue reading "Filmfest 919 Back for Year Two"
Miss Arizona is a hard film to dislike, but it turns out to be an even harder film to recommend. I am not typically in the habit of writing responses… Continue reading "Miss Arizona (McAlpin, 2018)"
Fall is awards season, when studios begin to market and promote films for our consideration in numerous categories. Part of this process involves trying to get screeners before critics as… Continue reading "Edie (Hunter, 2017)"
9/11 currently lies on the cusp between current event and history. Those of us who lived through it or adjacent to it, even if we were not directly impacted by… Continue reading "You Are Here: A Come From Away Story (Mossanen, 2018)"
I suppose I watch more than the usual amount of independent or micro-budget films. When I think about why, other than the Everest answer, I generally end up with one… Continue reading "3 Screenshots: Chameleon (Mizelle, 2019)"
#2: Arts & Faith Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films about Growing Older There is no real upside to writing a “meh” review of Ozu’s Late Spring, so why do it?… Continue reading "Late Spring (Ozu, 1949)"
