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February 2016

February 23, 2016

1More Film Blog is Moving!

Beginning later this week, I will be moving 1More Film Blog back to stand alone...

February 16, 2016

An Inconvenient Truth (Guggenheim, 2006) — 10 Years Later

A decade after the world's most famous documentary sent us running for the hills, Greenland...

February 07, 2016

The Devil Wears Prada (Frankel, 2006) — 10 Years Later

It’s morning in Manhattan and the legion of the city’s models rise. They dress in...

February 03, 2016

“Telling a Great Story” — An Interview with Disney’s Mark Henn

There is a certain stigma attached to adults watching animated films, as if they are...

February 01, 2016

Is Snow White Still Essential?

When was the last time you actually watched Snow White?

January 2016

January 30, 2016

My Best Picture Choice: Room

By any standard, Room is a film full of meaning. But compared to the other...

January 26, 2016

My Best Picture Choice: Mad Max: Fury Road

The sheer spectacle of Fury Road is almost on the scale of grand opera; it's...

January 20, 2016

Breathe (Laurent, 2015)

Friendships are often an incalculable mix of ecstasy and disillusionment.

January 17, 2016

My Best Picture Choice: Spotlight

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the Oscars this...

January 12, 2016

The Looking Glass (Hancock, 2015)

I hate to use the word "sweet" when describing a film. There's no way to...

January 08, 2016

The Prestige (Nolan, 2006) — 10 Years Later

A lot of movies show people trapped in hell; this one shows them constructing it.

January 08, 2016

In Jackson Heights (Wiseman, 2015)

A modern masterpiece of quotidian urgency.

January 07, 2016

2015 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury Awards

The ten finalists are: About Elly, The Assassin, Brooklyn, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,...

January 01, 2016

Favorite 2015 Discoveries — Evan Cogswell’s List

This is not a top ten of 2015 list; it is a list of older...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

2015 Top Ten

I love movies. These are the ones I loved the most last year...

December 29, 2015

Josh Wartel: My Year in Movies

At the start of 2015 I set out to watch 120 films and I met...

December 22, 2015

The Hateful Eight (Tarantino, 2015)

I've mostly been a Tarantino fan, but even I can't defend this...

December 18, 2015

Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens (Abrams, 2015)

As mimicry, it is good. As fan-service, it is serviceable. But it adds nothing to...

December 17, 2015

The Big Short (McKay, 2015)

The Big Short is about people who got rich by short-selling credit default swaps--people who...

December 14, 2015

Kingdom of Heaven (Scott, 2005) — 10 Year Later

"No one has claim. All have claim."

December 05, 2015

A GLBTQ Movie Season

GLBTQ Movies Have Become More Prevalent at Festivals -- Will Mainstream Audiences Ever Embrace Them?

December 04, 2015

Janis: Little Girl Blue (Berg, 2015)

A great introduction to the life of Janis Joplin, but some will wish it probed...

December 01, 2015

“Feel Better” Movies — Rachel Davis’s List

Like our own world, only better.

November 2015

November 28, 2015

“Feel Better” Movies — Josh Wartel’s List

Nothing makes me feel better than the truth, and in their own ways, all five...

November 26, 2015

Big Eden (Bezucha, 2000)

Maybe our neighbors are more like us than we know.

November 21, 2015

“Feel Better” Movies — Evan Cogswell’s List

I initially planned to balance my selection among different types of films, but then I...

November 15, 2015

Feel “Better” Movies — What to Watch When the News is Bleak

Here are five films that make me feel better when I'm feeling bad about...everything else.

November 12, 2015

Spotlight (McCarthy, 2015)

Director Tom McCarthy delivers a somber, sobering film which denies any character (or the viewer)...

November 12, 2015

My All American (Pizzo, 2015)

I'm not giving Freddie Steinmark a "C." I'm giving the movie about his life and...

November 11, 2015

2015 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury

Through November and December, you may see some reviews marked as "Arts & Faith Ecumenical...

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