The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Ritchie, 2015)
Now, there are Guy Ritchie movies and there are Guy Ritchie movies. Find out which kind of Guy Ritchie movie Alex McKee thinks The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is.
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The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 3 Recap
One reason that religion doesn’t usually play well on television is that unless a show is focused on religion, a single character usually has to stand in as the representative… Continue reading "The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 3 Recap"
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The Trial (Welles, 1962)
The parable, like the film itself, defies any solution. Like a Lewis Carroll riddle disguised as a Bible passage, it tantalizingly dangles points of interpretive entry only to reveal all entry points as dead ends.
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Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2015)
Mustafa is a figure inspired by several religious leaders, and his sayings consist of truisms with which most major religions would agree.
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The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 1 Recap
Few American television shows focus on religion -- but this French series about five seminary students is worth a look.
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The Criterion Collection: The Game
I chose to review the Criterion Collection version of The Game partially because I really don’t believe in a lot of the hocus-pocus digital magic over-priced Blu-ray cash-grabs, and I wanted to point at this edition and say “it didn’t affect my experience and it’s a waste of money.” It did. And it’s not. As is the case in many things, I was plain wrong.
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The Criterion Collection: All That Heaven Allows
As far as modern filmmaking goes, there aren’t many who have better utilized the medium like Sirk.
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The Criterion Collection: Cartesius
"The search for truth requires a method." So says Rene Descartes in one of Roberto Rossellini's seldom seen television projects.
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Southpaw (Fuqua, 2015)
It is a testament to film’s great storytelling that a movie about a boxer makes the big final fight second fiddle to the story of a man and his daughter.
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The Criterion Collection: The Leopard
The stuff of which dreams are made. But the dream ends, as all dreams do.