Flood (Scoggin, 2025)
There are, I think, two very different documentaries vying to be born in the chaos that is Katy Scoggin’s Flood. The one is a dispassionate look at young earth creationism,… Continue reading "Flood (Scoggin, 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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Coyote vs. Acme (Green, 2026)
When I was an undergraduate student in the 1980s, several of my friends gave me the nickname “Supergenius” due to some mysterious resemblance they saw between me and Wile E.… Continue reading "Coyote vs. Acme (Green, 2026)"
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Mustache (Khan, 2023)
Mustache won the Audience Award for best narrative at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival and then…sat, awaiting distribution for a theatrical relase that never came. Whether the film’s depiction of… Continue reading "Mustache (Khan, 2023)"
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (Waters, 2026)
There is a moment in the middle section of Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World where one of the many, many, many, fans of Oliver who praise… Continue reading "Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (Waters, 2026)"
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All Saints Day (Krinsky, 2025)
The claim that a film based on or adapted from a stage play suffers from its origins is such a generic critical comment that one hesitates to make it, but… Continue reading "All Saints Day (Krinsky, 2025)"
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Màquina (Pujol, 2026)
The American sports pundit Jim Rome once brutally riffed that the only thing less interesting than the details of someone else’s golf round are the details of someone else’s poker… Continue reading "Màquina (Pujol, 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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Georgia O’Keefe: The Brightness of Light
This film checks all the boxes that categroize an effective art documentary. There is ample, even generous, use of the artwork itself. The cooperation of the Georgia O’Keefe museum ensures… Continue reading "Georgia O’Keefe: The Brightness of Light"
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Michael (Fuqua, 2026)
Every story of Michael Jackson’s life does not need to begin and end with the reported fact that he agreed to a $23 million settlement to someone who accused him… Continue reading "Michael (Fuqua, 2026)"