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2026-10-14T11:59:04-06:00

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“Les Diabolique” and Transgression

Last updated on: October 14, 2026 at 11:59 am By Zachary Miller

Alongside something like Arrival, Vertigo, or Charade, Les Diaboliques is a very twisty movie. I would strongly recommend checking it out first and just letting yourself be surprised before you get too far into this thing. For the rest of us … a quick recap of Henri-Georges Clouzot’ Les Diaboliques. The film sees a teacher at a French boarding school, Christina, who is withering under the abuses of her husband, Michel the headmaster–including his affair with another one of... Read more

General Christian

2026-09-02T14:12:25-06:00

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“The Plague Dogs” and Mortality

Last updated on: September 2, 2026 at 2:12 pm By Zachary Miller

So, flashback to the late 70s, early 80s. Walt Disney Studios is kind of in a post-Walt stupor, and so aside from the occasional Don Bluth film, animation is being carried by some really unusual outlets. It’s in this ecosystem that author Richard Adams lets filmmaker Martin Rosen adapt two of his books into animated feature films. We’ll have to talk about Watership Down some other day, though. The film that most captures my attention right now is 1982’s The... Read more

General Christian

2026-08-12T12:01:44-06:00

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“L’avventura” and Human Weakness

Last updated on: August 12, 2026 at 12:01 pm By Zachary Miller

Today’s piece is going to be a little different for a few reasons. The subject of today’s study is an artful Italian film from 1960 called L’Avventura. The film sees a woman named Anna going out for a day on an island with some associates, including her best friend, Claudia, and her lover, Sandro. During their outing, Anna goes missing, which naturally causes distress. The police are called, and Claudia and Sandro initiate their own search, bound by their shared love... Read more

General Christian

2026-07-23T18:55:52-06:00

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“Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and … Honor

Last updated on: July 23, 2026 at 6:55 pm By Zachary Miller

For how thirsty Hollywood has been for sequelizing everything with a pulse, it’s a misfortune that we never got a sequel to that “Dungeons and Dragons” movie. If you missed it, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves saw an all-star cast playing in a larger-than-life fantasy epic. The film sees a band of thieves who plot a heist into a castle in order to retrieve the daughter of one of their own. This quest, though, forces them to unearth not... Read more

General Christian

2025-08-27T03:09:34-06:00

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The Descendants and Trials

Last updated on: August 27, 2025 at 3:09 am By Zachary Miller

Sorry if I got your hopes up: no, this isn’t about that Disney Channel movie series shipping Maleficent’s kid and Beast’s kid … This is a very different type of movie. Alexander Payne’s 2011 film, The Descendants, sees us sitting with Hawaiian lawyer, Matt King, as he is opposite his comatose wife, praying that she’ll get better so that they can work to salvage their marriage. We hear him saying, “I’m ready to talk. I’m ready to change. I’m ready... Read more

General Christian

2025-08-19T16:46:53-06:00

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Ratatouille and Calling

Last updated on: August 19, 2025 at 4:46 pm By Zachary Miller

The best of us have, at times, felt like we belong in spaces that do not welcome us. Or perhaps we are drawn to interact in spheres that repel our influence. Me? I’m just some Utah kid who didn’t even see Jurassic Park until his senior year but always felt drawn to the world of film, some Utah kid who dared to imagine he would ever have something to say about movies that others ought to listen to. Others, like... Read more

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2025-08-12T14:06:31-06:00

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Scarlet Street and Sin

Last updated on: August 12, 2025 at 2:06 pm By Zachary Miller

I’m kind of on a roll discussing nihilism and the dire realities of being alive in a fallen world, fresh off looking at both Chinatown and The Big Lebowski. Who am I to pull the plug? So today we’re looking at Scarlet Street, a supremely underrated temple of classic cinema. The story sees a mild-mannered, middle-aged banker whose gradual descent into evil begins the night he saves a woman, “Kitty,” as she’s being physically assaulted on the street. It doesn’t... Read more

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Sin

2025-07-29T17:03:26-06:00

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Chinatown and Hopelessness

Last updated on: July 29, 2025 at 5:03 pm By Zachary Miller

I really enjoyed talking last week about nihilism with The Big Lebowski, so I guess we’ll try this just one more time. 1974’s Chinatown sees Jake Gittes, a private investigator, hired to uncover the infidelities of a mid-level bureaucrat–only to discover there’s something wicked boiling under the surface. He wants to get to the bottom of what he correctly perceives as a twisted, unlawful situation, but he encounters fortified resistance all along the way. What starts as a simple investigation... Read more

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2025-07-22T16:28:16-06:00

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The Big Lebowski and Slothfulness

Last updated on: July 22, 2025 at 4:28 pm By Zachary Miller

This is another one of those films that is really fun to discuss here on this church-based site because … it is absolutely not a Sunday movie. (IMDb has it counted at 284 uses of the f-bomb, and many of the characters are professional pornographers.) Keep that in mind as you decide whether you wish to engage with this piece or the film it is examining. Anyways … The thing to know about the Coen Brothers’ cult classic, The Big... Read more

General Christian

2025-07-15T16:19:31-06:00

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House of Flying Daggers and Loyalty

Last updated on: July 15, 2025 at 4:19 pm By Zachary Miller

Let’s travel overseas for this week’s piece and look at Zhang Yamou’s operatic martial-arts epic, The House of Flying Daggers. This film sees two agents of the military, Jin and Leo, circling a blind girl named Mei, who is believed to have deep ties to the House of Flying Daggers, an organization of rebels fighting against the corrupt government. Jin starts this whole mission, with Leo, as part of a plot to use Mei to infiltrate The House of Flying Daggers,... Read more

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