A Binding Truth (Woehrle, 2023)
It’s not so much that those who forget the past repeat it; it’s that those who never foreground the past forget what they already know. In America, we know —… Continue reading "A Binding Truth (Woehrle, 2023)"
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Hayride to Hell (Lantz, 2022)
Hayride to Hell, in my opinion, has a well-defined plot with an air of mystery. It opens like any other innocent Halloweentown (Dunham, 1998) film, clearly set around Halloween and… Continue reading "Hayride to Hell (Lantz, 2022)"
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Nyad (Chin and Vasarhelyi, 2023)
Nyad is a story so spectacularly unbelievable that were it not true, I would most likely be chiding the filmmakers for being irresponsible. Glorifying the swimmer’s quest to swim from… Continue reading "Nyad (Chin and Vasarhelyi, 2023)"
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Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon is a new film from Martin Scorsese, which means the first, maybe only, question is whether it is a favorite to win Best Picture. The… Continue reading "Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)"
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The Elderly (Cerezo and Gómez 2022)
I can say with confidence that The Elderly screwed with my brain due to the magnitude of the events that occurred during the film. I was left with many questions,… Continue reading "The Elderly (Cerezo and Gómez 2022)"
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On the Line (Pearn, 2023)
The first twenty minutes of Oliver Pearn’s On the Line is pretty swell. With its simple title cards, sepia coloring, and sixties setting, the film looks like a long-lost Hitchcock… Continue reading "On the Line (Pearn, 2023)"
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The Mission (McBaine and Moss, 2023)
The Mission uses the story of John Chau, an American missionary killed trying to make contact with an isolated people group, to examine the broader cultural conflict between religious evangelism… Continue reading "The Mission (McBaine and Moss, 2023)"
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Silver Dollar Road (Peck, 2023)
In an interview (see link below), director Raoul Peck said that he wanted to make a film in Silver Dolalrs Road that a Black audience could watch and feel “at… Continue reading "Silver Dollar Road (Peck, 2023)"
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Slotherhouse (Goodhue, 2023)
Slotherhouse is one of the funniest films I’ve seen recently despite its label as a horror and thriller film. It is centered around a senior college student, Emily, who is… Continue reading "Slotherhouse (Goodhue, 2023)"
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What Rhymes with Reason (Roberts, 2023)
One of the biggest red flags I look for when approached to cover an “inspirational” or “Christian” film is a marketing campaign that calls on Christians to recruit viewers. Reminiscent… Continue reading "What Rhymes with Reason (Roberts, 2023)"