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October 2026

October 14, 2026

“Les Diabolique” and Transgression

Alongside something like Arrival, Vertigo, or Charade, Les Diaboliques is a very twisty movie....

August 2026

August 12, 2026

“L’avventura” and Human Weakness

Today's piece is going to be a little different for a few reasons. The subject...

July 2026

July 22, 2026

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

For how thirsty Hollywood has been for sequelizing everything with a pulse, it's a misfortune...

August 2025

August 26, 2025

The Descendants and Trials

Sorry if I got your hopes up: no, this isn't about that Disney Channel movie...

August 12, 2025

Scarlet Street and Sin

I'm kind of on a roll discussing nihilism and the dire realities of being alive...

July 2025

July 29, 2025

Chinatown and Hopelessness

I really enjoyed talking last week about nihilism with The Big Lebowski, so I guess...

July 22, 2025

The Big Lebowski and Slothfulness

This is another one of those films that is really fun to discuss here on...

July 15, 2025

House of Flying Daggers and Loyalty

Let's travel overseas for this week's piece and look at Zhang Yamou's operatic martial-arts epic, The...

July 08, 2025

East of Eden and Goodness

Today's confession: I don't really care much for Rebel Without a Cause. Not hating, it's...

July 01, 2025

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Childlike Innocence

I'm not sure what specifically is driving me to write about this film this week....

June 2025

June 10, 2025

Psycho, Sin, and the Horror of Human Guilt

Psycho and Guilt Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece, Psycho, is another one of those films that...

June 03, 2025

Finding Forrester and Companionship

I feel like half of what I do on this film blog is confess...

March 2025

March 25, 2025

The Goodbye Girl and Trials

The Goodbye Girl is one of my favorite movies in that it does something I...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Prisoners and Complicity

Denis Villeneuve's 2013 film, Prisoners, is somewhat unique among the movies discussed on this blog....

January 21, 2025

Gone with the Wind and Resilience

Let me say up front with this piece that ... deriving truth from artifice is...

January 07, 2025

Monsieur Ibrahim and Love

While I do try to write for an interfaith audience, I'll acknowledge up and front...

December 2024

December 24, 2024

Ben is Back and Love

Here's a question to mull over this Christmas season: when we talk of Christ and...

December 03, 2024

Good Will Hunting and Worth

It sometimes surprises people who know me to learn that I spent a season working...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

Pirates of the Caribbean and Morality

Sorry for not specifying in the title, I was trying to keep the length somewhat...

November 19, 2024

In The Heights and Joy

We learn very early on in Jon M. Chu's In the Heights that everyone has...

November 12, 2024

Act of Violence and Guilt

The effect that WWII had on the American psyche is one of the most discussed...

October 2024

October 22, 2024

Sunshine Cleaning and Love

Between my readings of both Enchanted and Arrival, I think this is the third time...

June 2024

June 18, 2024

A Quiet Place and Gathering

We all have regrets in life. One of mine is that I did not let...

June 11, 2024

The Skeleton Twins and Solidarity

Today's film deals with some heavy topics, most notably suicide, which will be discussed in...

May 2024

May 07, 2024

It’s a Wonderful Life and Service

Here's a question. By the end of It's a Wonderful Life, do you think George...

April 2024

April 30, 2024

Rain Man and Selfishness

I've heard it said before that one of the hardest trials a person can be...

April 16, 2024

Alien and Godlessness

I knew that writing about this film through a religious perspective was going to be...

March 2024

March 26, 2024

Silver Linings Playbook and Empathy

The relationship between accepting yourself as you are and striving to live as your...

March 05, 2024

My Best Friend’s Wedding and Selfishness

The thing you have to know about My Best Friend's Wedding, arguably Julia Roberts' defining...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

Casablanca and Selflessness

Someone let me know: were airports even locales of such sweeping romance before 1942? Before...