Church Hoppers
It's hard to combine reality television with church.
It's hard to combine reality television with church.
That "B" grade looks stingy in retrospect, especially given some of the films I had rated above it: Kill Bill: Vol. 1; Thirteen; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Mystic River.
It's not surprising, then, to find the film is about antisemitism. What was surprising to me was how fresh it managed to be even while dealing with a subject that is as old as Western civilization.
College—it’s Luz Garcia’s dream—it’s her only way of escaping the big trouble of her small town.
I've spent the three days between viewing and reviewing Ender's Game listlessly trying to convince myself that the film didn't suck.
Standing Up begins and ends with a reference to God. In between, Howie and Grace confront a childhood trauma with a mix of fragility, resiliency, and candor that is rare… Continue reading "Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)"
It’s hard to know which element of Shepard & Dark is the most refreshingly quaint: the male friendship, the commitment to letter writing, or the quiet quality of its emotional… Continue reading "Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)"
Every good escape plan needs three things:
There are film critics and then there are movie guys.
The theory was--or is--that creating borders, or writing ourselves into a corner, facilitates creativity.