Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran is one of the most beautiful and powerful memoirs I have read. Because it is a personal favorite, news of its having been adapted… Continue reading "Reading Lolita in Tehran (Riklis, 2024)"
There is a moment in the middle section of Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World where one of the many, many, many, fans of Oliver who praise… Continue reading "Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (Waters, 2026)"
The claim that a film based on or adapted from a stage play suffers from its origins is such a generic critical comment that one hesitates to make it, but… Continue reading "All Saints Day (Krinsky, 2025)"
40 Dates and 40 Nights is a film so generic in its conception and structural organization that I didn’t quite believe I was enjoying it until the final credits rolled.… Continue reading "40 Dates and 40 Nights (Delaney, 2026)"
The American sports pundit Jim Rome once brutally riffed that the only thing less interesting than the details of someone else’s golf round are the details of someone else’s poker… Continue reading "Màquina (Pujol, 2026)"
In the first chapter of Inconspicuously Christian Film Criticism I suggest that for a film to fit comfortably in the genre of “Christian Fiction” it needs to be answer at… Continue reading "Holy Irresistible (Corkey, 2026)"
As presented, The Invite is fitfully funny, occasionally caustic, and consistently engaging. I enjoyed it, but I am not sure I ever believed it. I spent most of my post-screening… Continue reading "The Invite (Wilde, 2026)"
There is an exchange between Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) and her mom, Barbara (Rachel McAdams) in the opening scene of Kelly Fremont Craig’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel that deviates… Continue reading "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Craig, 2023)"
Arts & Faith posted its first list of the Top 100 “Spiritually Significant” films in 2004. Originally intended as a project that could/would be updated annually, the Top 100 remained… Continue reading "The Arts & Faith Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films Directed by Women"
This film checks all the boxes that categroize an effective art documentary. There is ample, even generous, use of the artwork itself. The cooperation of the Georgia O’Keefe museum ensures… Continue reading "Georgia O’Keefe: The Brightness of Light"
