Do You Believe? (Gunn, 2015)
While lacking the full-court press anti-intellectualism of its predecessor, this new movie from the makers of God’s Not Dead still suffers from preposterous storylines and ugly bigotry.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Giveaway — CLOSED
1More Film Blog is giving away a free digital copy of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
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SXSW 2015 — GTFO: Get the F&#% Out
For women who refuse to sit on the sidelines and let men decide what jobs they can have, what opinions they can state, or even what games they can play, threats are hardly few and far between.
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The Thin Place #52: The Jones Family Will Make a Way at SXSW
On the road at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, Ken and Todd report back on the documentary The Jones Family Will Make a Way.
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SXSW — David Gordon Green, John Cusack, Sally Field, Brian Wilson, and Ex Machina
Ever wonder what a press conference or Q&A session is like at a major film festival. Here's a taste of what it's like.
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Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014)
"Nightcrawler" is a solid piece of film craftsmanship and a decent challenge to the “if it bleeds, it leads” journalistic mentality. While waiting for the winter cineplex dregs to wash away, it's worth your home viewing attention.
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SXSW 2015 — Unfriended
A group of cyber friends are terrorized by an anonymous user who may be the ghost of a young woman who committed suicide after they bullied her.
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Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) — 10 Years Later
Revisiting "Brokeback Mountain" after 10 years feels a bit like an archeological dig. After all, director Ang Lee’s film about a pair of covert cowboy gay lovers has more socio-cultural layers of meaning to burrow through than most movies.
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A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005) — Ten Years Later
Well, I feel as though I understand the film a little better than I did ten years ago. That doesn't mean, unfortunately, that I like it any better.
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The Mind of Mark Defriest (London, 2014)
The Mind of Mark Defriest is more than redeemed by its morally powerful core.