I once wrote an essay (since turned into a chapter in Inconspicuously Christian Film Criticism) asking whether Christian films were judged by a double standard.. I thought about that essay… Continue reading "The Sound of Violet (Wolf, 2022)"
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a valiant addition to the Black Panther legacy and the Marvel Universe. It brings back many of the things that audiences loved about Black Panther… Continue reading "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Coogler, 2022)"
The documentary, the directorial debut of Kirk E. Kelleykahn, might sound from the title as though it is exclusively focused on a crusade to get Juanita Moore a star on… Continue reading "A Star without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (Kelleykahn, 2022)"
Rian Johnson, the film’s writer and director, has been steadily proving himself to be one of the best filmmakers in Hollywood. His first offering, Brick (2005) was an overwhelming financial… Continue reading "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Johnson, 2022)"
The press material for Stay the Night made it sound to me like a wacky secular version of Matthew Wilson’s The Virgins. Turns out it is more akin to a… Continue reading "Stay the Night (Jeyapalan, 2022)"
One topic of our ongoing episode guides for Paris Police 1900 has been aesthetic and stylistic differences between European (in this case, French) television and American network television. I’ve said… Continue reading "Paris Police 1900 (Season 1, Episode 5)"
All The Beauty and the Bloodshed is a powerful documentary about marginalized people and the harm that social marginalization causes. I have fought in and survived two wars, and I… Continue reading "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Poitras, 2022)"
Many years ago I had an interaction with an (it seemed to me) extremely bitter former Christian who had joined the military. He claimed that the military was better than… Continue reading "The Inspection (Bratton, 2022)"
Devotion is an engaging movie that gives viewers a glimpse into the sensational evolution of American aviation through the eyes of an unlikely hero. The film is an adaptation of… Continue reading "Devotion (Dillard, 2022)"
Edward Brown joins Ken to discuss recommendations for films currently streaming on various platforms, including Jazz Fest, Sex & Lucia, Plan A, and All Sorts.
