Iridescence (Lhoste, 2025)
Iridescence is a four minute, animated music video with no dialogue or musical lyrics. A drop of water is encased in a bottle and delivered by drone to a group… Continue reading "Iridescence (Lhoste, 2025)"
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I Hate Myself and Want to Die (Davis, 2024)
Trigger Warning: This review contains potential plot spoilers for the film reviewed as well as for Rosetta and It’s a Wonderful Life. It also contains discussion of suicide. Assistance is… Continue reading "I Hate Myself and Want to Die (Davis, 2024)"
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Worst Enemy (Machate and Masterson, 2026)
The first thing that I noticed about Worst Enemy, a twenty-three minute short co-written and co-directed by Kevin Machate (who also stars), is that it has a very polished final… Continue reading "Worst Enemy (Machate and Masterson, 2026)"
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Why I Joined CriticBridge
Earlier this summer, I signed up for CriticBridge, a service that describes itself as a platform “connecting independent filmmakers with vetted critics and journalists…” I did not think much about… Continue reading "Why I Joined CriticBridge"
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Where Did the Adults Go? (Marsh, 2026)
I found Where Did the Adults Go? stagey. Yet in film critic lingo, “stagey” carries a more negative connotation than I felt about this particular film. Consequently, I had to… Continue reading "Where Did the Adults Go? (Marsh, 2026)"
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Black Men in Uniform: The Untold Story (La-Paz, 2025)
Black Men in Uniform is one of those rare films that I am so reluctant to criticize that I wish I had not watched it. I trust that the intentions… Continue reading "Black Men in Uniform: The Untold Story (La-Paz, 2025)"
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Lady Parts (Boyd, 2024)
What feels like the most important thing to say about Lady Parts is that it isn’t funny. Not even a little bit. That is not a criticism. The film is… Continue reading "Lady Parts (Boyd, 2024)"
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Boru (Sosa, 2026)
Boru is a documentary about the little known yet fascinating historical connections between the Dominican Republic and Japan. The filmcraft is fine, and it is packed with short but thoughtful… Continue reading "Boru (Sosa, 2026)"
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Holy Irresistible (Corkey, 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)"
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The Messenger of Joy (Kwanje, 2026)
“Hello, I’m Nasser Ovissi, and this film is about my life…” The Messenger of Joy opts for a simple, direct introduction that is befitting its overall presentation. It succeeds at… Continue reading "The Messenger of Joy (Kwanje, 2026)"