OFCS Nominees for 2014–Winners Announced
I have voting privileges for four groups this year. First up: the Online Film Critics Society.
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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (Sunada, 2013)
An animator and director (Miyazaki), a second director (Isao Takahata), and a producer (Toshio Suzuki) met over thirty-five years ago and after a few collaborations which reached their apex in 1984 with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, they formed Studio Ghibli in 1985.
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Nash (Hamilton and Ogilvie, 2013)
Steve Nash is by all accounts a well grounded, interesting, engaging fellow with whom any intelligent and articulate person could pass an hour and have great memories of a stimulating conversation.
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Finding Fela! (Gibney, 2014)
Alex Gibney is one of those directors for whom I get in line, even if I know nothing about the subject of his latest film.
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2014 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury Awards–Winners To Be Announced December 22
The jury seeks to recognize quality films (regardless of genre) that have challenged, moved, enlightened, or entertained us and to draw the attention of Christian audiences to films it thinks have the potential to do the same for them.
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Gotham Episode 1.10 Recap: Lovecraft
Gotham's 10th episode, "Lovecraft" marked it's halfway point of the inaugural season and demonstrates how far the show has come in 10 weeks.
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events — 10 Years Later (Silberling, 2004)
If the upcoming Netflix series fails to do justice to the books, it will be sadly missed opportunity, but we'll still have this film which is a worthwhile version of a children's story about encountering tragedy which elucidates the nature of evil. (Elucidate is a big word meaning "to make clear.")
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Gotham Episode 1.9 Recap: Harvey Dent
The last two episodes have been my favorites, and in general I have warmed slightly to the show after a rocky first half-dozen episodes or so.
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Design is One (Brew and Guerra, 2012)
Lella and Massimo Vignelli are two of the proverbial artists whose work you've no doubt seen even if you've never heard their names.
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Strange Rumblings in Shangri La (Guglielmino, 2014)
The film, shot on 16mm, has a coloring that surpasses anything I have had the pleasure of watching in the last several months. In addition to the storytelling or the framing, the pure, saturated colors were a treat for the eye.