Belle and Sebastian (Vanier, 2013)
Evan Cogswell gives 4/5 stars to Belle and Sebastian: "Great Pyrenees are beautiful dogs, and the one the filmmakers got to play Belle is absolutely elegant."
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Hot Girls Wanted (Bauer & Gradus, 2015)
This much talked about documentary from Sundance is now on Netflix. I reviewed it for Christianity Today Movies & TV.
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I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (LaMattina, 2014)
Spinney realizes the similarities between himself and Big Bird, and acknowledges the influence that the show and the character have had on his life.
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Film History Spotlight: Max Ophuls
Max Ophuls didn't invent the tracking shot, but he may have used it more effectively than anyone else.
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An Open Secret (Berg, 2014)
Billed as "The Film Hollywood Doesn't Want You to See," Amy Berg's documentary claims the practice of child molestation in the entertainment industry is pervasive.
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Update: Andrew is Moving to Secular Cinephile
Andrew Spitznas announces his new movie blog, Secular Cinephile.
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Where Was God? (Palmer, 2014)
We call natural disasters "Acts of God," but we struggle to square them with our providential worldview.
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Our Man in Tehran (Taylor and Weinstein, 2013)
The remarkable thing about Our Man in Tehran is its ability (much like Rory Kennedy's Last Days in Vietnam which also played at the festival) to take a complex situation and distill it without being reductive.
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Misery Loves Comedy (Pollak, 2015)
The relationship between suffering and comedy is hardly an unexamined one. Think for a moment: what do we mean by comic "relief"? Relief from what?
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Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015)
Fury Road has set a high bar for action films: fully realized world, fully fleshed out characters, fantastic performances, and breathtaking visuals, all going full steam ahead without wearing the audience out