When I was a college undergraduate in the mid-1980s, I participated in a “debate” with the campus Atheist. I didn’t particularly want to do it– at least I don’t remember… Continue reading "The Way We Speak (Ebright, 2024)"
“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” _- Abraham… Continue reading "Civil War (Garland, 2024)"
The Long Game is like a large balloon tethered to the earth by a long but strong rope. It flies high enough, and it occasionally pulls against the constraints keeping… Continue reading "The Long Game (Quintana, 2024)"
Do you watch enough movies that you’ve had the experience of being in the middle of a film feeling as though you have seen it before … but not being… Continue reading "A Bit of Light (Moyer, 2022)"
Girls State is the opening night film at this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, giving Triangle audiences a chance to catch it on the big screen before it drops… Continue reading "Girls State (McBaine and Moss, 2024)"
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival returns to Durham later this week after a one-year hibernation. Cady Voge’s All We Carry gets the coveted Fletcher Hall location, meaning tickets should… Continue reading "All We Carry (Voge, 2024)"
Every time a new Ozon film comes out, I start and eventually abandon an introduction where I try to make a comparison between his work and that of some American… Continue reading "The Crime is Mine (Ozon, 2023)"
There is a scene in Season 3 of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom where Will (Jeff Daniels) interviews an Environmental Protection Agency official about climate change. The news anchor repeatedly tries… Continue reading "Earth Protectors (de Carbuccia, 2023)"
I can tell you the exact moment the movie lost me. David, our hero, has traveled to the Dominican Republic to sell his deceased father’s “mansion” after receiving the sort… Continue reading "Books & Drinks (Cowper, 2024)"
I haven’t seen a Hallmark film in years, and I find myself largely indifferent to the charms of Bridgerton, the most prominent example of mixed-race casting I can think of… Continue reading "Sense and Sensibility (2024)"
