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Category Archive: Tim Winterstein
Black Narcissus (streaming on the Criterion Channel or for rent on Amazon Prime) is not my favorite movie, […]
Over the past few weeks on our podcast, Saints and Cinema, my brother and I have talked to […]
Abrupt endings to movies used to bother me. I wanted a neat, wrapped-together conclusion that answered at least […]
We all long for Eden. Sometimes we try to get back into the Garden (however that is conceived) […]
By Tim Winterstein – Amid recent high-profile defections from formerly prominent Christians, one would think films would have […]
By Tim Winterstein – From 1949 until 1990, East Germany (or the German Democratic Republic—DDR auf Deutsch) was […]
By Tim Winterstein – [SPOILERS] I wasn’t sure what kind of movie I was watching when Carlos Reygadas’ […]
By Tim Winterstein – Imagine having a six-year-old son, who has just been admitted into a prestigious elementary […]
By Tim Winterstein – [SPOILERS] Whenever films are based on true stories, there’s always a little dramatic enhancement […]
By Tim Winterstein – I was a little worried that The Prisoner (1955; streaming on the Criterion Channel […]
By Tim Winterstein – Honestly, I can’t believe we’d never thought of it before. My brother, Jay, and […]
By Tim Winterstein – The older I get, the more I realize just how unreliable my memories actually […]
By Tim Winterstein – Maybe it begins as an attempt by a doctor to expunge her guilt over […]
By Tim Winterstein – Any piece of art can age in essentially two ways. Whether it’s a book […]
By Tim Winterstein – [CONTAINS SPOILERS] Every year, there are certain themes that stand out from the films […]
By Tim Winterstein – By the time you read this, I’ll be at the 20th Annual Newport Beach […]
By Tim Winterstein – Today is a day for the silence of God. Through all the false accusations, […]
By Tim Winterstein – How do filmmakers do the kind of thing that makes a movie great? No […]
By Tim Winterstein – I took my two younger children (9 and 7) to see Apollo 11 this […]