I am not a fan of “Christian” movies. It is almost always bad (in multiple senses) when the […]
Category Archive: Tim Winterstein
Modern culture, at least in the West, is enamored of the idea of self-creation. We are rootless, independent, […]
You cannot serve two masters. Servants (Služobníci; 2020; streaming on Kanopy or for rent on Prime Video) highlights […]
All it takes is one sentence, one insult, and (as St. James puts it) see how great a […]
“24 hours of doubt, one minute of hope.” That’s Sister Maria’s (Agata Buzek) answer to Mathilde (Lou de […]
Before 90 Minutes in Heaven, Heaven is For Real, and The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven (since […]
Prayer is a human phenomenon that is studied, mocked, analyzed, taught, and studied by believers and unbelievers alike. […]
“It’s been a loud year/And I really need the quiet.” I relate to those lines from Brooke Fraser’s […]
One of the things movies do is show us different ways of being human. Though people may disagree […]
“Looking back, no matter how old you are, life always feels the same length: both forever and not […]
The title comes from a song by Over the Rhine. I appreciate the sentiment. I like the idea […]
I did not expect to want to write something about Free Guy (2021; at Redbox). I expected a […]
For a while now, I have been trying to put my finger on the moment film crosses the […]
I do not think I am alone in searching for “the point” or “what it means” when I […]
A few months ago, on Saints and Cinema, we had a conversation with writer/director Chris White and John […]
The only film I remember seeing in a seminary classroom was The Green Mile in a graduate hermeneutics […]
[SPOILERS AHEAD FOR NIGHTMARE ALLEY] “People are eager to tell you who they are.” Something along those lines […]
I suppose it matters whether one is the third man or the tenth, because there is a world […]
Everyone knows the basic collection of well-watched Christmas (I use that word loosely) movies: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, […]
Reticence covers a multitude of mysteries. It’s no wonder that Alfred Hitchcock chose the seal of the confessional […]