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February 2015

February 03, 2015

Gotham Episode 1.14 Recap: The Fearsome Dr. Crane

Boo! Fear was center-stage in this week's episode of Gotham.

February 01, 2015

As It is in Heaven (Overbay, 2014)

With his debut feature, director Joshua Overbay has created an intriguing story of a tiny...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

Hoovey (McNamara, 2015)

Hoovey is the sort of film about which a youth pastor or sleep-over-host parent can...

January 26, 2015

Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014)

Deservedly nominated for multiple Oscars, "Foxcatcher" achieves maximal creepiness with this tragic tale of a...

January 25, 2015

Whiplash (Chazelle, 2014)

There are a lot of lies in play in Whiplash (★★★★), Damien Chazelle's Oscar-nominated water-cooler...

January 24, 2015

Still Life (Pasolini, 2013)

May, played by British actor Eddie Marsan, is a curious character and Still Life is...

January 22, 2015

Be the Message (Shook & Shook, 2014)

Kerry and Chris Shook's conversational, observational new book is worth pausing to recommend for one...

January 21, 2015

American Sniper (Eastwood, 2014)

With "American Sniper," Clint Eastwood has created a movie of integrity, exploring the nature of...

January 20, 2015

Which 2015 Amazon Pilot Should You Watch?

From start to finish, this was the best, well-crafted episode of the pilots and has...

January 17, 2015

Like Sunday, Like Rain (Whaley, 2014)

The unusual chemistry between them is passable, if again, not very remarkable.

January 12, 2015

Christian Mingle (Bernsen, 2014)

The film that writer/director Corbin Bernsen name checks in his video introduction is Sleepless in...

January 12, 2015

Human Capital (Virzi, 2013)

Human Capital ("Il capitale umano") is a cross between Crash and Edith Wharton's The House...

January 09, 2015

Virunga (von Einsiedel, 2014)

Virtue, venality, and vocation are all abundantly on display in "Virunga," a suspense-filled Netflix documentary...

January 07, 2015

Gotham Episode 1.11 Recap: Rogues’ Gallery

Mid-Season hiatuses can always be a tricky thing. Sometimes they leave viewers anticipating a show's...

January 07, 2015

Documentary Double Feature: “To Be Takei” and “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step”

These two documentaries, now available for home viewing, offer interesting profiles of Nat Hentoff and...

January 03, 2015

King Kong (Jackson, 2005) — 10 Years Later

Ten years before Peter Jackson stretched a simple story into three movies, he stretched a...

January 02, 2015

Big Eyes (Burton, 2014)

Despite a strong start and source material with immense potential, Tim Burton’s film quickly squanders...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

My 15 Favorite Films of 2014

No doubt I’m far from the only person who skips the intros to these lists...

December 30, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel takes Top Honors from North Carolina Film Critics

Birdman, Boyhood, Whiplash, and The Grand Budapest Hotel led the list of nominees from the...

December 28, 2014

To Stream or Not to Stream? — A Small Section of the World; Playing Dead; Salvo

Welcome to the inaugural edition of "To Stream or Not to Stream? I will be...

December 28, 2014

Standing in Babylon

"The arts steer the culture, and it's time for the people of God to put...

December 25, 2014

The Thin Place #51: Calvary–Good or Great?

Kenneth R. Morefield and Todd C. Truffin discuss the movie Calvary in the latest podcast...

December 25, 2014

The Interview (Goldberg and Rogen, 2014)

It turns out the joke is on us.

December 25, 2014

Into the Woods (Marshall, 2014)

The cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as...

December 22, 2014

Wild (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2014)

Director Jean-Marc Vallee, screenwriter Nick Hornby, and actors Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern combine superbly...

December 22, 2014

2014 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury Awards — Winners

The Ecumenical Jury nominated over sixty films for consideration and then faced the daunting task...

December 20, 2014

The Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy (Sam Henegar, 2014)

This brief documentary appealingly serves up a history lesson, along with plenty of lovely outdoor...

December 20, 2014

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (dir. James Keach, 2014)

James Keach’s “fly on the wall” documentary covering Glen Campbell’s farewell tour succeeds as a...

December 19, 2014

2014 Top Ten

What made this particular list difficult to shape was that I had five films I...

December 18, 2014

Ask Me Anything (Burnett, 2014)

Katie may be promiscuous, but it’s unclear whether Burnett is condemning or endorsing modern, female...

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