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June 2014

June 22, 2014

Peter Brook: The Tightrope (Brook, 2012)

Film critics don't talk about acting much these days. Have they ever?

June 19, 2014

The Thin Place #46: Violence in The Edge of Tomorrow

Back after a hiatus, Ken and Todd discuss Doug Liman's sci-fi film, The Edge of...

June 18, 2014

Troy (Petersen, 2004) — 10 Years Later: Part III

Think for a moment. How interesting is it that the Iliad is one of the...

June 17, 2014

Burt’s Buzz (Shapiro, 2013)

The film strives so hard to model its subject that its practically not there.

June 16, 2014

Win a Free Copy of The Lego Movie on Blu-Ray (CLOSED)

Try out the Everything is Awesome Blog App and you could win a free copy...

June 14, 2014

Understanding Subtexts: Christian Reflections on The Celluloid Closet

Where subtlety crosses over into subtext is at the point where the author may not...

June 12, 2014

Manuscripts Don’t Burn (Rasoulof, 2013)

The setting of Manuscripts Don't Burn may be painstakingly specific, but its themes are broad,...

June 11, 2014

22 Jump Street (Lord & Miller, 2014)

For now, I'll will just say that my defense of 22 Jump Street is nearly...

June 10, 2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit — Now Available on DVD

The new Jack Ryan doesn't so much have greatness thrust upon him as shoved down...

June 09, 2014

Kids’ Rights: The Business of Adoption (Dudko and Rudnieva, 2014)

A new documentary claims that there are over 132 million orphans in state custody. In...

June 07, 2014

What does the motto “Inconspicuously Christian” mean?

By choosing “Inconspicuously Christian” as a motto for this film blog, I hope to signal...

June 07, 2014

Hello — Is it me you’re looking for?

Blogs and bloggers come and go. According to one source, even by 2006, Technorati's Top...

June 01, 2014

Troy (Petersen, 2004) — 10 Years Later: Part II

In Part I of this essay, Jeremy Purves looked back at critics' reviews of Troy...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Frank vs. God (Schill, 2014)

Frank vs. God is one of my favorite films thus far into the movie year,...

May 24, 2014

Troy (Petersen, 2004) — 10 Years Later: Part I

It has now been ten years since Wolfgang Petersen’s old-fashionedly classic film on the Trojan...

May 24, 2014

Sleeping Beauty (Geronimi, 1959)

In my memory, I have always falsely grouped Sleeping Beauty with Disney's animated features from...

May 21, 2014

No God, No Master (Green, 2012)

Nobody in No God, No Master actually utters the phrase "those who forget the past...

May 17, 2014

Locke (Knight, 2014)

It is a good movie, certainly, and it is not writer/director Steven Knight's fault that...

May 12, 2014

An Affair of the Heart (Caminer, 2012)

Somewhere in my list of cinephile pet peeves is the notion, loosely held, that direction...

May 12, 2014

Bright Days Ahead (Vernoux, 2013)

Bright Days Ahead is a notch better than both Le Week-end and The Face of...

May 04, 2014

Fahrenheit 9/11 (Moore, 2004) — Ten Years Later

My complaints are two, and they are both the more frustrating for obscuring the occasional...

May 03, 2014

Moms’ Night Out (Erwin and Erwin, 2014)

Moms' Night Out is the first (and so far only) "Christian" movie that I could...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

Inside Hana’s Suitcase (Weinstein, 2009)

Few events in history have been the subject of as many books and films as...

April 26, 2014

Film Fest DC — 2014

If 2014 is, as has been rumored, the final year of Film Fest DC, the...

April 24, 2014

The Railway Man (Teplitzky, 2013)

Does depicting torture automatically earn a movie three stars or more if it is inspired...

April 22, 2014

White Lies (Rotberg, 2013)

That's probably one reason why there are so few genuinely engaging movies about abortion. Most...

April 15, 2014

Art Recession (Lai, 2011)

Ming Lai's Art Recession is comprised of a series of testimonials, relentless in their focus....

April 10, 2014

Dolphin Tale 2 — Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Bethany Hamilton

"God didn't say in the Bible: 'thou shalt be 110 pounds,'" the actress replied wryly...

April 09, 2014

T. C. Johnstone Interview

Director T. C. Johnstone visited Campbell University as part of its Undergraduate Lecture Symposium. He...

April 08, 2014

We Don’t Need No Education…or Do We? — Full Frame Day 3

It's not surprising then that a trio of films from this year's festival look at...

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