A few years ago I wrote in a review that in an age of fatwahs and culture wars, I was reluctant to the point of refusal to use the word “immoral” when describing a film. …
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Offside
In soccer (or football, as the non-American world stubbornly persists in calling it), there is a rule that states that an offensive player must have at least one defensive player between him and the goal (not including the goalie) when a pass is made. If an individual advances too far, too quickly, he is called offside, and play is momentarily suspended. Read the full story »
I’ve been putting off writing about Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, mostly, I suppose because I’m having a hard time describing and justifying my strong antipathy, first to the novel Push on …
Most of my high school years were spent in and around the drama room at W.T. Woodson High School. Dramas in the fall (except, inexplicably my senior year when Mrs. B.—I could never quite forgive …
It is perhaps a coincidence that I screened I Am an American: The Making of an Anthem the same week I read this post from the Slacktivist blog deriding a member of the Dallas Tea …
Author’s note–this isn’t a review of the film, really. It’s a meditation spurred by seeing the film. If a critical judgment is implied by the nature of the meditation…c’est la vie. If some of my …
One of my recent discoveries is how many great films are being produced in Spanish-speaking countries. I don’t just mean the international hits everyone knows about like Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) by Guillermo …
