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September 2015

September 20, 2015

Actor for Hire (Mizelle, 2015)

Jesse is a young, average-looking, bald guy trying to make it in Hollywood.

September 17, 2015

Honor Thy Father (Matti, 2015)

The first hour of Erik Matti's Honor Thy Father (★★★★) is so good, so steeped...

September 15, 2015

90 Minutes in Heaven (Polish, 2015)

These days when I watch a new Christian movie, my first question is usually: who...

September 13, 2015

TIFF 2015 — Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Koreeda)

Our Little Sister (★★★★★) is a special film, one that I will return to before...

September 13, 2015

TIFF 2015 — A Flickering Truth (Pietra Brettkelly)

A documentary about film preservation in Afghanistan challenges us with the question of what's worth...

September 12, 2015

TIFF 2015 — The Martian (Ridley Scott)

It should not have been that hard, I think, to make a fully satisfying film...

September 12, 2015

TIFF 2015 — Our Last Tango (German Kral)

Our Last Tango would be worth watching, if only for the dance sequences.

September 11, 2015

TIFF 2015: Demolition (Jean-Marc Vallée)

Demolition is not likely to be anyone's favorite film from TIFF 2015. Or, at least,...

September 11, 2015

The Man Who Saved the World

The Man Who Saved the World begins with an epigraph from Mark 8:36: “For what...

September 08, 2015

Adrenaline (Simpkins, 2015)

Adrenaline (★★½) was pretty much the sort of movie I was thinking of last year when...

September 06, 2015

The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 7 Recap

The series does tend to lean a little heavily on the contrast between individual faith...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Gemma Bovery (Fontaine, 2014)

Anne Fontaine's Gemma Bovery is one of those films I see at The Toronto Film...

August 25, 2015

Tomorrow We Disappear (Goldblum & Weber, 2014)

What traditions have we left by the wayside in favor of progress, and, perhaps more...

August 23, 2015

The Pardon (Anton, 2013)

Seldom will one bad scene ruin a good movie, but there are tipping points.

August 20, 2015

Top Spin (Newens & Son, 2014)

What is the value of success without fame or fortune?

August 13, 2015

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Ritchie, 2015)

Now, there are Guy Ritchie movies and there are Guy Ritchie movies. Find out which...

August 09, 2015

The Trial (Welles, 1962)

The parable, like the film itself, defies any solution. Like a Lewis Carroll riddle disguised...

August 05, 2015

Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2015)

Mustafa is a figure inspired by several religious leaders, and his sayings consist of truisms...

August 02, 2015

The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 1 Recap

Few American television shows focus on religion -- but this French series about five seminary...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Criterion Collection: The Game

I chose to review the Criterion Collection version of The Game partially because I really...

July 30, 2015

The Criterion Collection: All That Heaven Allows

As far as modern filmmaking goes, there aren’t many who have better utilized the medium...

July 25, 2015

The Criterion Collection: Cartesius

"The search for truth requires a method." So says Rene Descartes in one of Roberto...

July 24, 2015

Southpaw (Fuqua, 2015)

It is a testament to film’s great storytelling that a movie about a boxer makes...

July 20, 2015

The Criterion Collection: The Leopard

The stuff of which dreams are made. But the dream ends, as all dreams do.

July 17, 2015

Ant-Man (Reed, 2015)

Honestly, Ant-Man has more things I liked than any comic book movie since...Batman Begins maybe?

July 13, 2015

Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police (Grieve, 2012)

You will see light in the darkness / you will make some sense of this...

July 12, 2015

The Criterion Collection: Don’t Look Now

Don't Look Now (★★★★½) is one of the rarest types of films. Not only is...

July 03, 2015

Revenge of the Mekons (Angio, 2013)

The Mekons are bad. Like, really. honestly bad. They’ll be the first to tell you.

July 02, 2015

Terminator Genisys (Taylor, 2015)

Terminator Genisys made me angry. There's plenty of films that leave me unimpressed or bored...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

When Marnie Was There (Yonebayashi, 2014)

"In this world there's an invisible magic circle. There's an inside and an outside [....]...