To start with something completely different from Preparations to Be Together For an Unknown Period of Time (2020; […]
Category Archive: Tim Winterstein
I just returned from the 22nd annual Newport Beach Film Festival, where I program short films. (The short […]
My wife will often ask me whether I remember something or other from my childhood, such as what […]
There are some things that can’t be forgiven, as the world understands forgiveness. These are things for which […]
“Look out your window, baby, there’s a scene you’d like to catch/The band is playing “Dixie,” a man […]
With Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, I figured it was probably 50/50 whether or not HBO’s adaptation of […]
As a child, I was impressed with the story (possibly via this book) of David Livingstone, the “first […]
I am not sure at what age it begins, perhaps in one’s 30s or 40s, but there is […]
Even if you have not seen Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront (1954; streaming for free on Amazon Prime), […]
Both the poster and the trailer for Pig (2021; in theaters and for rent on Amazon and iTunes) […]
“Do you think in America they know what’s going on here?” Musa Hadid, the mayor of Ramallah, turns […]
The legend of la llorona, or the “weeping woman” has a long history in Mexico, as well as […]
As often as human beings have experienced consequences of their choices that they never intended—often enough to call […]
Enough Redbox points for a free movie, expiring TODAY. No movies I have a strong desire to see. […]
“Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true/But you and I know what this world can do/So […]
I am a fan of fathers and husbands who fight for their families, especially when I am not […]
[MULTIPLE SPOILERS] Mare of Easttown (2021; HBO) is a missing-persons/murder mystery that expands until the mystery becomes secondary […]
…the devil builds a chapel, or so goes the saying of Luther (Table Talk LXVII). In other words, […]
You know how people’s favorite albums depend in large part on when the person encountered the band or […]
I recently learned that something called the “Lutheran Society” once commissioned an anti-ageism film from the horror director […]