I suppose I watch more than the usual amount of independent or micro-budget films. When I think about why, other than the Everest answer, I generally end up with one… Continue reading "3 Screenshots: Chameleon (Mizelle, 2019)"
#2: Arts & Faith Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films about Growing Older There is no real upside to writing a “meh” review of Ozu’s Late Spring, so why do it?… Continue reading "Late Spring (Ozu, 1949)"
Can we start by all agreeing that Ophelia is the least interesting female character in the entire Shakespearean canon? The very qualities that make her an important icon for feminists… Continue reading "Ophelia (McCarthy, 2018)"
Spider-Man: Far From Home has something that has been increasingly hard to find in the Marvel Cinematic Universe he last few years: fun. From its winking opening scene of a… Continue reading "Spider-Man: Far From Home (Watts, 2019)"
The editor of the popular anthology series Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema invites paper proposals for a new anthology to accompany the recently published list by Arts… Continue reading "CFP: Arts & Faith’s Top 25"
Engaged is a cute short film (about 15 minutes) from writer/director David Scala. Its central conflict is the difficulty of its gay protagonist, Darren, in popping the question to his… Continue reading "Engaged (Scala, 2019)"
Emanuel is the sort of reverential documentary that is pointless to criticize yet hardly allows for ambivalent praise. At the root of my ambivalence, I suspect, is the age-old difficulty… Continue reading "Emanuel (2019)"
Before Stonewall is being restored and reissued. Viewers in North Carolina may have to wait until August to see it in theaters, or they can get a rental from First… Continue reading "Before Stonewall (Schiller, 1985)"
For those who don’t know Shakespeare, or only know him superficially, the title “All is True” may sound more like an assertion than an inside joke. The film implies, without… Continue reading "All is True (Branagh, 2019)"
#23: Arts & Faith Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films about Growing Older Frank Capra’s adaptation of the famous play by Hart & Kaufman was a bit of a surprise entry… Continue reading "You Can’t Take it With You (1938)"
