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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...

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 22, 2025

The Big Lebowski and Slothfulness

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

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...

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...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Prisoners and Complicity

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

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 18, 2024

Sunset Boulevard and Vanity

The aim of this site is to help film lovers better discern the glimmers of...

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 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 29, 2024

The Shining and Evil

There's a lot to be grateful for here at the tail end of a long...

October 22, 2024

Sunshine Cleaning and Love

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

March 2023

March 07, 2023

The Banshees of Inisherin and Pride

A year or two back, a film review channel I follow made a point in...

September 2022

September 27, 2022

In Bruges and Guilt

As we move from the blockbuster season toward that time when all the auteur pieces...

August 2022

August 23, 2022

Don’t Look Up and Prophets

A few weeks ago, we looked at "A Face in the Crowd" as an exploration...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

A Face in the Crowd and The Psychology of False Prophets

I actually didn't start watching The Andy Griffith Show until really recently. My clients at...

January 04, 2022

Titanic and Heaven

There's a controversy at the heart of the James Cameron 1997 epic, "Titanic," that has...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

The Wolf Man and the Fight Against Sin

I watched a video earlier this week tracing the cultural origins of the werewolf folklore,...

July 2021

July 14, 2021

Vertigo and Lust

And now presenting, the one movie in which James Stewart is the guy you DON'T...

July 07, 2021

Black Swan and Purity

I grew up in a household that did not watch R-rated films. This practice, while...

July 03, 2021

The Woodsman and the Depths of The Atonement

Given the thorny nature of the film's subject material, I debated for some time about...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

Chicago and Sin

My recent trip to see "In the Heights" in theaters really renewed my appetite for...

June 01, 2021

Waterloo Bridge and Shame

Today's film stretches back to classical film and love lost to war. The 1940 version...