“Looking back, no matter how old you are, life always feels the same length: both forever and not […]
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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 […]
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 […]
To start with something completely different from Preparations to Be Together For an Unknown Period of Time (2020; […]
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) […]