My reviews of Episodes 1, 3, and 5 have revolved around contrasts between this French television show and how I imagine such material would be handled on American (broadcast) television.… Continue reading "Paris Police, 1900 (S1: E7)"
In 1989, when I saw The Little Mermaid as a freshman in college, I did not know that I was watching the beginning of the Disney “renaissance.” I just knew… Continue reading "Strange World (Nguyen, 2022)"
I once wrote an essay (since turned into a chapter in Inconspicuously Christian Film Criticism) asking whether Christian films were judged by a double standard.. I thought about that essay… Continue reading "The Sound of Violet (Wolf, 2022)"
The documentary, the directorial debut of Kirk E. Kelleykahn, might sound from the title as though it is exclusively focused on a crusade to get Juanita Moore a star on… Continue reading "A Star without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (Kelleykahn, 2022)"
The press material for Stay the Night made it sound to me like a wacky secular version of Matthew Wilson’s The Virgins. Turns out it is more akin to a… Continue reading "Stay the Night (Jeyapalan, 2022)"
One topic of our ongoing episode guides for Paris Police 1900 has been aesthetic and stylistic differences between European (in this case, French) television and American network television. I’ve said… Continue reading "Paris Police 1900 (Season 1, Episode 5)"
Many years ago I had an interaction with an (it seemed to me) extremely bitter former Christian who had joined the military. He claimed that the military was better than… Continue reading "The Inspection (Bratton, 2022)"
Edward Brown joins Ken to discuss recommendations for films currently streaming on various platforms, including Jazz Fest, Sex & Lucia, Plan A, and All Sorts.
Through the judicious use of a drive-in theater at Carraway Village, the curators of Filmfest 919 allowed us to “catch the films before they [caught] on” in 2020 and 2021.… Continue reading "Filmfest 919 Preview 2022"
As The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry drew to a close, I found myself pleased with it. While the film was familiar with its eccentric characters and self-conscious literary references,… Continue reading "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Canosa, 2022)"
