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2020-07-18T16:13:21-06:00

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The Quiet Faith of Greyhound

Last updated on: July 18, 2020 at 4:13 pm By Paul Asay

Tom Hanks’ new movie Greyhound takes place during what Winston Churchill called the Battle of the Atlantic, a six-year contest between Allied and German forces to control the ocean linking war-torn Europe and the United States’ bustling factories and resources. But it’s also about a captain—Commander Ernest Krause (played by Hanks), who helms a boat nicknamed Greyhound and leads a handful of Allied destroyers as they shepherd a convoy of merchant vessels through hostile waters. And in a way, it’s... Read more

2020-07-13T13:01:14-06:00

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How Netflix’s Bloody The Old Guard is Like the Sweetest Christmas Movie Ever

Last updated on: July 13, 2020 at 1:01 pm By Paul Asay

You wouldn’t think that Andy from Netflix’s The Old Guard would have much to do with good old George Bailey from It’s a Wonderful Life. George is a decent family man and beloved Bedford Falls citizen. Andy is an immortal warrior who, we’re told, has forgotten more ways to kill than whole armies have ever known. Still, if you ever got them together at a dinner party—and wouldn’t that be something if you did—they’d have more in common than... Read more

2020-06-19T11:03:58-06:00

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This Man is Fast. But in Runner, It’s His Will That Moves You.

Last updated on: June 19, 2020 at 11:03 am By Paul Asay

Guor Mading Maker was an experienced runner long before he laced up his first pair of track shoes. He’d been running for most of his life. Guor (formerly known as Guor Marial) was born into war. Sudan’s second civil war erupted in 1983, the year before he came into the world, and it raged throughout his entire childhood. When he was 8, Guor’s parents—fearing for his safety in their war-ravaged village—sent Guor off to fend for himself. From that moment... Read more

2020-05-29T15:17:46-06:00

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The Truth Is Out There, Somewhere, in Amazon’s ‘The Vast of Night.’

Last updated on: May 29, 2020 at 3:17 pm By Paul Asay

In the opening minutes of Amazon Prime’s new film, The Vast of Night, the geekily rakish radio D.J. Everett walks through a tiny high school gym in Cayuga, New Mexico, while people pepper him with questions. Can you help fix the electricity? Will you teach me how to use my tape recorder? Can I re-use this reel-to-reel tape to record the game’s play by play? “You read your Bible, Sam?” Everett asks the sports announcer who asks the third question.... Read more

2020-04-20T12:56:26-06:00

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‘Stories are What Get Us Through Hard Times.’ An Interview With ‘The Quarry’ Director Scott Teems

Last updated on: April 20, 2020 at 12:56 pm By Paul Asay

It’s been a strange year for the movie industry, obviously. But while blockbusters have all but disappeared from the horizon, at least for the short term, a number of really interesting films have found their way to the small screen, via video-on-demand. And Scott Teems’ taut, thoughtful The Quarry might just take the early-season prize for 2020’s most spiritually provocative film of the year. (You can rent it through Amazon Prime, Apple, YouTube and a variety of other platforms for... Read more

2020-04-03T12:07:57-06:00

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Religion is a Part of The Other Lamb. A Bad, Baaaaad Part

Last updated on: April 3, 2020 at 12:07 pm By Paul Asay

With most theaters closed, The Other Lamb—an art-house horror film—landed on various video-on-demand services this weekend. It makes for an interesting-if-difficult watch, especially in this strange season of ours. The story takes us into a polygamous cult led by a man we know mostly as “the Shepherd.” He has surrounded himself with women and girls—his own wives and daughters. The Shepherd paints himself as a Messianic figure (played by Michiel Huisman, he even looks like Jesus), and almost everyone... Read more

2020-03-11T20:37:38-06:00

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How the Movie ‘Wendy’ Shows How We’re Really Not of This World

Last updated on: March 11, 2020 at 8:37 pm By Paul Asay

The movie Wendy hasn’t been as warmly received as director Benh Zeitlin’s breakout film, 2012’s magically weird Beasts of the Southern Wild. Its Rotten Tomatoes rating hovers below 50% right now, and when I asked a fellow film critic how he liked the film, he made a face like I’d forced him to eat chocolate broccoli. I get that. Wendy is a strange tale—a revisionist take on J.M. Barrie’s classic story of Peter Pan that strips out some of its... Read more

2020-02-16T14:50:04-06:00

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Doc ‘We Believe in Dinosaurs’ Highlights America’s Faith/Science Divide

Last updated on: February 16, 2020 at 2:50 pm By Paul Asay

I’m no scientist, but I do like science. I’m no pastor, but I do love God. And while I’m no young earth creationist, the Ark Encounter still looks pretty neat. This is not to say the museum/proselytizing center/theme park doesn’t have its share of issues. This full-size ark in Williamstown, Kentucky, is filled with animatronic animals, people and dinosaurs, and naturally it’s packed with controversies, too: The documentary We Believe in Dinosaurs, airing on PBS Monday, Feb. 17, examines most... Read more

2020-02-13T13:26:47-06:00

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The Green Knight Looks Intense. But Will It Retain the Original’s Spirituality?

Last updated on: February 13, 2020 at 1:26 pm By Paul Asay

The trailer for David Lowery’s intriguing-looking The Green Knight just dropped. Color me excited … and maybe just a bit nervous, too. The movie is based on one of the most famous poems of the late Medieval age, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Hero Sir Gawain—played by Dev Patel—is a knight from King Arthur’s famed Round Table, on par with Lancelot and Galahad. In the poem, the mysterious Green Knight shows up at King Arthur’s castle on Christmas: He... Read more

2020-01-07T07:00:15-06:00

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And Denver’s Film Critics Nominate …

Last updated on: January 7, 2020 at 7:00 am By Paul Asay

It’s awards season, of course. The Golden Globes were handed out this weekend, and Oscar nominations will be named on Monday. Plenty of film critics’ associations around the country are doling out their own selected honors, too, including one that I belong to–the Denver Film Critics Society. What follows are the DFCS slate of nominees (in no particular order), along with a few comments of my own: It’ll name the winners next Monday. Best Picture “Little Women” “Jojo Rabbit” “Once... Read more

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