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"
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.
Mustafa is a figure inspired by several religious leaders, and his sayings consist of truisms with which most major religions would agree.
Few American television shows focus on religion -- but this French series about five seminary students is worth a look.
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.
As far as modern filmmaking goes, there aren’t many who have better utilized the medium like Sirk.
"The search for truth requires a method." So says Rene Descartes in one of Roberto Rossellini's seldom seen television projects.
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.
The stuff of which dreams are made. But the dream ends, as all dreams do.
Honestly, Ant-Man has more things I liked than any comic book movie since...Batman Begins maybe?
