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)"
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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)"
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Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman (Stratford, 2020)
I judge art documentaries by one of two standards. Does the film tell me something I don’t know about the subject? Is it entertaining or engaging in its own right,… Continue reading "Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman (Stratford, 2020)"
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Antigone (Desraspe, 2019)
I don’t think you need to know Sophocles’s twenty-four hundred-year-old play to understand Sophie Desraspe’s very loose adaptation of it. You certainly don’t need to know it in order to… Continue reading "Antigone (Desraspe, 2019)"
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M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (Lutz, 2018)
Ask the average patron standing outside The Getty, The MoMa, or The Louvre to name the best artists of all time, and M.C. Escher probably wouldn’t be in the first… Continue reading "M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (Lutz, 2018)"
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Love Sarah (Schroeder 2020)
Love Sarah begins immediately after the death of the titular character, whom we are told was a world class chef. Sarah’s partner reluctantly agrees to sell the restaurant space, and… Continue reading "Love Sarah (Schroeder 2020)"
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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)"
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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)"
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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)"
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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)"