Nyad is a story so spectacularly unbelievable that were it not true, I would most likely be chiding the filmmakers for being irresponsible. Glorifying the swimmer’s quest to swim from… Continue reading "Nyad (Chin and Vasarhelyi, 2023)"
Killers of the Flower Moon is a new film from Martin Scorsese, which means the first, maybe only, question is whether it is a favorite to win Best Picture. The… Continue reading "Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)"
I can say with confidence that The Elderly screwed with my brain due to the magnitude of the events that occurred during the film. I was left with many questions,… Continue reading "The Elderly (Cerezo and Gómez 2022)"
The first twenty minutes of Oliver Pearn’s On the Line is pretty swell. With its simple title cards, sepia coloring, and sixties setting, the film looks like a long-lost Hitchcock… Continue reading "On the Line (Pearn, 2023)"
The Mission uses the story of John Chau, an American missionary killed trying to make contact with an isolated people group, to examine the broader cultural conflict between religious evangelism… Continue reading "The Mission (McBaine and Moss, 2023)"
In an interview (see link below), director Raoul Peck said that he wanted to make a film in Silver Dolalrs Road that a Black audience could watch and feel “at… Continue reading "Silver Dollar Road (Peck, 2023)"
One of the biggest red flags I look for when approached to cover an “inspirational” or “Christian” film is a marketing campaign that calls on Christians to recruit viewers. Reminiscent… Continue reading "What Rhymes with Reason (Roberts, 2023)"
I find minority reports one of the more difficult kinds of movie reviews to write. On the one hand, I have scoffed at colleagues on social media who sometimes treat… Continue reading "The Creator (Edwards, 2023)"
Surprised by Oxford is a sweet but complicated film. Its many complexities, between the characters and their wants, along with particular inner struggles, piece together a story of love and… Continue reading "Surprised by Oxford (Whitaker, 2023)"
Revoir Paris wasn’t a surprising or overly complex film, however, that wasn’t the intended purpose of the film. Revoir Paris displays not only the extreme kindness of strangers but also… Continue reading "Revoir Paris (Winocour, 2022)"
