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2016-01-09T10:14:48-05:00

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The Prestige (Nolan, 2006) — 10 Years Later

Last updated on: January 9, 2016 at 10:14 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

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

2016-02-06T19:09:39-05:00

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In Jackson Heights (Wiseman, 2015)

Last updated on: February 6, 2016 at 7:09 pm By Colin Stacy

A modern masterpiece of quotidian urgency. Read more

2016-02-06T19:10:03-05:00

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2015 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury Awards

Last updated on: February 6, 2016 at 7:10 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

The ten finalists are: About Elly, The Assassin, Brooklyn, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Inside Out, The Look of Silence; Love & Mercy, Spotlight, Stations of the Cross, and Timbuktu. Read more

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2016-01-16T18:04:03-05:00

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Favorite 2015 Discoveries — Evan Cogswell’s List

Last updated on: January 16, 2016 at 6:04 pm By Evan Cogswell

This is not a top ten of 2015 list; it is a list of older movies that I watched for the first time this year. Read more

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2015-12-30T00:10:09-05:00

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2015 Top Ten

Last updated on: December 30, 2015 at 12:10 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

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

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2015-12-29T11:04:47-05:00

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Josh Wartel: My Year in Movies

Last updated on: December 29, 2015 at 11:04 am By Josh Wartel

At the start of 2015 I set out to watch 120 films and I met my goal. I’m at 135 and still have an opportunity to watch a few more before the College Football Playoff interferes. Without screeners and lots of time, I saw only a few dozen new releases. In fact, many of my favorite films of the year were not released in 2015 at all. So as I recap my highs and lows for the year, I remind everyone who complains about the current state of Hollywood that there is an ever growing storehouse of great films that are worth watching for the first time in 2016. Read more

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2015-12-22T18:08:05-05:00

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The Hateful Eight (Tarantino, 2015)

Last updated on: December 22, 2015 at 6:08 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

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

2015-12-18T00:57:29-05:00

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

Last updated on: December 18, 2015 at 12:57 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

As mimicry, it is good. As fan-service, it is serviceable. But it adds nothing to the underlying tapestry. Whatever pleasures are there are imported from other movies. The audience applauds when the actors enter, but that's only out of respect for their past work. Could you imagine if J, K. Rowling did an eighth Harry Potter book and it was the next generation running through the same plot as the last? If Go Set A Watchmen had been about another trial of another African-American, a year later? Read more

2016-01-07T15:24:12-05:00

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The Big Short (McKay, 2015)

Last updated on: January 7, 2016 at 3:24 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

The Big Short is about people who got rich by short-selling credit default swaps--people who made obscene amounts of money by being able to accurately predict the suffering of others. That they themselves were not the root cause of the suffering makes it possible for us as viewers to not hate them; it doesn't necessarily keep them--or Baum at least--from hating themselves. Read more

2015-12-14T08:44:41-05:00

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

Last updated on: December 14, 2015 at 8:44 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

"No one has claim. All have claim." Read more

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