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.
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Ant-Man (Reed, 2015)
Honestly, Ant-Man has more things I liked than any comic book movie since...Batman Begins maybe?
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Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police (Grieve, 2012)
You will see light in the darkness / you will make some sense of this / and when you've made your secret journey / you will find the love you miss.