Rocks in my Pockets (Baumane, 2014)
Cliché alert! Signe Baumane’s debut feature film is an instant classic, thanks to evocative, inventive animation and its authentic, heartfelt look at mental illness.
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Beyond the Mask (Burns, 2015)
Who doesn't like a good redemption arc?
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As It is in Heaven (Overbay, 2014)
With his debut feature, director Joshua Overbay has created an intriguing story of a tiny cult, prompting consideration of the continuum uniting acceptable religion and fringe groups.
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Hoovey (McNamara, 2015)
Hoovey is the sort of film about which a youth pastor or sleep-over-host parent can skim a capsule summary and know exactly what he or she is getting.
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Still Life (Pasolini, 2013)
May, played by British actor Eddie Marsan, is a curious character and Still Life is a curious film.
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Be the Message (Shook & Shook, 2014)
Kerry and Chris Shook's conversational, observational new book is worth pausing to recommend for one big reason.
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Like Sunday, Like Rain (Whaley, 2014)
The unusual chemistry between them is passable, if again, not very remarkable.
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Christian Mingle (Bernsen, 2014)
The film that writer/director Corbin Bernsen name checks in his video introduction is Sleepless in Seattle. My philosophy is that you respect a film most, Christian or otherwise, by approaching it on its own terms. Based on that philosophy, Christian Mingle is first and foremost a Romantic Comedy and only secondarily a Christian film.
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Human Capital (Virzi, 2013)
Human Capital ("Il capitale umano") is a cross between Crash and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth.
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Documentary Double Feature: “To Be Takei” and “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step”
These two documentaries, now available for home viewing, offer interesting profiles of Nat Hentoff and George Takei, two American icons who effectively blend their involvement in the worlds of entertainment and civil rights activism.