90 Minutes in Heaven (Polish, 2015)
These days when I watch a new Christian movie, my first question is usually: who is the intended audience?
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TIFF 2015 — Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Koreeda)
Our Little Sister (★★★★★) is a special film, one that I will return to before the year is over and treasure the memory of as years go by and festivals blur one into another. It is a masterpiece from one of cinema's quiet giants.
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TIFF 2015 — A Flickering Truth (Pietra Brettkelly)
A documentary about film preservation in Afghanistan challenges us with the question of what's worth living for and what's worth risking our lives for.
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TIFF 2015 — The Martian (Ridley Scott)
It should not have been that hard, I think, to make a fully satisfying film version of Andy Weir's The Martian.
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TIFF 2015 — Our Last Tango (German Kral)
Our Last Tango would be worth watching, if only for the dance sequences.
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TIFF 2015: Demolition (Jean-Marc Vallée)
Demolition is not likely to be anyone's favorite film from TIFF 2015. Or, at least, I am confident it won't be mine.
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The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the World begins with an epigraph from Mark 8:36: “For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul.”
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Adrenaline (Simpkins, 2015)
Adrenaline (★★½) was pretty much the sort of movie I was thinking of last year when I wrote the mini-essay, “Are Christian Films Judged By a Double Standard?” If you… Continue reading "Adrenaline (Simpkins, 2015)"
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The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 7 Recap
The series does tend to lean a little heavily on the contrast between individual faith (good) and institutional structures (bad, bad, bad).
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War Room (Kendrick, 2015)
When it comes to screenplay writing, Christian movies still lag in quality.