A Week Away (White, 2021)
High School Musical goes to Bible camp. If you think that sounds like the most awesome thing ever, read no further and head over to Netflix. A Week Away is… Continue reading "A Week Away (White, 2021)"
Category: Disclosure–AS
-
-
Once Upon a Sea (Lavy, 2021)
Once Upon a Sea comes touted as “an extended reality” created by Adi Lavy. Virtual Reality videos are still new enough that we haven’t yet developed the critical language with… Continue reading "Once Upon a Sea (Lavy, 2021)"
-
News of the World (Greengrass, 2020)
The Civil War has ended, but the country’s wounds are still fresh. This is obvious to Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks). He sees the divide, firsthand, as he rides… Continue reading "News of the World (Greengrass, 2020)"
-
Modern Persuasion (Appel & Lisecki, 2020)
Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice had a working title of First Impressions. Although she did not ultimately use that title for any of her novels, it remained a running theme… Continue reading "Modern Persuasion (Appel & Lisecki, 2020)"
-
Billie (Erskine, 2020)
James Erskine’s Billie is a little gem of a documentary, more oral history than biography. That is arrives streaming this week with little fanfare is mildly surprising but entirely shocking.… Continue reading "Billie (Erskine, 2020)"
-
The Croods: A New Age (Crawford, 2020)
The Croods: A New Age unfolds like an American football game where a perennial 5-11 team (I’m looking at you, Washington) grabs a first quarter lead. For a short while,… Continue reading "The Croods: A New Age (Crawford, 2020)"
-
Crazy, Not Insane (Gibney, 2020)
Alex Gibney is the rare documentarian who usually ends up convincing me regardless of whether or not I start on the same side of his arguments. Taxi to the Dark… Continue reading "Crazy, Not Insane (Gibney, 2020)"
-
The Last Vermeer (Friedkin, 2020)
Like its protagonists, Han Van Meegeren and Joseph Piller, The Last Vermeer is unassuming. Its subject — the looting of European art by the Nazis — was covered more dramatically… Continue reading "The Last Vermeer (Friedkin, 2020)"
-
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (Phillipe, 2019)
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist is an engaging and interesting film even if you are not a horror aficionado. I’m not a horror fan, but The Exorcist… Continue reading "Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (Phillipe, 2019)"
-
Hillbilly Elegy (Howard, 2020)
In a video discussion provided to critics with the advanced screener of Hillbilly Elegy, director Ron Howard admitted to having trouble finding the through story in J. D. Vance’s popular… Continue reading "Hillbilly Elegy (Howard, 2020)"