Tolkien (Karukoski, 2019)
One can’t study J. R. R. Tolkien for very long without encountering his preface to The Lord of the Rings in which he rejects forcefully any interpretations of that work… Continue reading "Tolkien (Karukoski, 2019)"
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Breakthrough (Dawson, 2019)
I guess there are some features of this review that could be considered plot spoilers, although the film’s very premise renders the notion of the plot’s outcome being a “spoiler”… Continue reading "Breakthrough (Dawson, 2019)"
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Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (Engel, 2019) — Full Frame 2019
Raise Hell is the film I kinda hoped that Life Itself would be: angry, funny, sad, and insightful. It probes the life of its subject, always celebrating Ivins and her… Continue reading "Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (Engel, 2019) — Full Frame 2019"
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Jim Allison: Breakthrough (Haney, 2019) — Full Frame 2019
Whenever I attend a film festival, particularly the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, I try to schedule at least one film near the beginning or the end with the potential… Continue reading "Jim Allison: Breakthrough (Haney, 2019) — Full Frame 2019"
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Jesus: His Life (2019)
There is a scene early in the first episode of Jesus: His Life, where Robert Cargill cavalierly announces that the census which requires Joseph to take Mary to Bethlehem on… Continue reading "Jesus: His Life (2019)"
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Faith, Hope & Love (Englert and Krantz, 2019)
Faith, Hope & Love unites two of the most formulaic genres in today’s movies: the romantic comedy and the “Christian” film. Given that starting point, the film shouldn’t work nearly… Continue reading "Faith, Hope & Love (Englert and Krantz, 2019)"
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Captain Marvel (Boden and Fleck)
It’s been roughly four years (and a rough four years) since I gave a 1 1/2 star review to Avengers: Age of Ultron. Since then, I have admitted to liking… Continue reading "Captain Marvel (Boden and Fleck)"
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Time for Ilhan (Shapiro, 2018)
I first encountered the political career of Barack Obama not through a convention speech or town hall debate but through Bob Hercules’s Senator Obama Goes to Africa. I won’t say… Continue reading "Time for Ilhan (Shapiro, 2018)"
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Transit (Petzold, 2019)
Calling a film “difficult” or “hard” is, in some respects, a no-win proposition for a reviewer. If that label is given in conjunction with a poor review, it invites barbs… Continue reading "Transit (Petzold, 2019)"
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The Sunday Sessions (Yeagley, 2018)
Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased was my favorite film of 2018. It’s portrait of a young, gay man voluntarily undergoing sexual reassignment “counseling” was equal parts horrifying, heart-breaking, and challenging. But… Continue reading "The Sunday Sessions (Yeagley, 2018)"