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June 2014

June 11, 2014

Child-Like Wonder at E.T.

Death, Childhood, and Reeses Pieces

June 09, 2014

Blade Runner’s Vision of Hell

A hellish vision of mortality.

June 04, 2014

Ben-Hur Discovers the Epic Epicness of Grace

A colossal epic about the journey of faith.

May 2014

May 28, 2014

The Godfather’s Justice

“For justice, we must go to Don Corleone.”

May 21, 2014

A Vertiginous Horror

A creepy psychodrama about heights and blondes.

May 19, 2014

No Savior for the Raging Bull

Scorsese's bleak early masterpiece.

May 12, 2014

Easy Ride, Awful Film

I tried to find merit in Easy Rider. Really, I did. I found none.

December 2013

December 23, 2013

City Lights: Seeing Past the Surface

Is Chaplin's classic as good as they say?

September 2013

September 09, 2013

To See or Not to See: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The classic comedy that destroyed American culture.

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Snow White Showing Her Age

Does the Disney classic still hold up today?

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Christ on Kane: On the Meaning of Rosebud

Is Citizen Kane the greatest movie ever made?

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May 20, 2013

Double Indemnity: Bleak Justice in Classic Noir

Review of Double Indemnity, Directed by Billy Wilder Billy Wilder was more than the Steven Spielberg...

May 01, 2013

The General: A Train Full of Laughs

Review of The General, Directed by Buster Keaton In our effort to blog our way...

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April 24, 2013

Here’s Looking at You, Casablanca!

Review of Casablanca, Directed by Michael Curtiz It’s December of 1941 in sunny, depressing Casablanca,...

April 10, 2013

The Raiders of the Lost Ark Discover That “Our God is a Consuming Fire”

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Directed by Steven Spielberg When I was growing...

April 03, 2013

May the Force Be With You

Review of Star Wars, Directed by George Lucas  If you ask a cinephile what his...

April 01, 2013

The African Queen’s Happy Ending

Review of The African Queen, Directed by John Huston Not all movies are deep and...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Gonna Fly Now; Or, the American (Non)Gospel

Review of Rocky, Directed by John D. Avildsen By ALEXIS NEAL I feel a little...

December 13, 2012

Lord of the Rings: A Timeless Trilogy

Review of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Directed by Peter Jackson By PAUL D....

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Mad as Hell

Review of Network, Directed by Sidney Lumet Reviewed by PAUL D. MILLER Before Glen Beck...

October 2012

October 05, 2012

That’ll Be the Day

Review of The Searchers, Directed by John Ford By PAUL D. MILLER The Searchers (1956)...

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