Plenty of movies make you think. Far fewer allow you to think, which is something rather different. Take “Manchester by the Sea.”
John Anderson
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
When simple people cause violent social change
“Loving” is film about a lot of things, including two simple people causing violent eruptions across the social and legal landscapes. It is a portrait of America at a particular time and place. So is “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”
Posted inFilm, Politics & Society
The new Snowden movie is so bad it almost makes you forget how serious privacy issues are
For all Stone’s posturing as a filmmaking maverick, “Snowden” relies on every manner of movie convention and emotional shortcut.
Posted inTelevision
Finding God in the mundane, in Polish television
It is hard to say that anything on the small screen has surpassed “Dekalog” since it first aired in 1989.
Posted inFilm
“The Innocents”: suffering and survival in a Polish convent
Among one group of nuns at the end of World War II, the shadow of the cross is impossible to escape.
Posted inFilm
In ‘Finding Dory’ sequel, it’s up to Dory to find herself.
“Finding Dory” might be a more interesting movie than “Nemo” without being any better.
Posted inFilm
Reviewing two new ’Jesus films’: ’Risen’ and ’The Young Messiah’
A convergence of belief and fact; this is the key to two new films about Jesus.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The complicated life of Jesse Owens
“Race” is a movie about personal victory and national guilt—neither Hitler nor Franklin Roosevelt ever shook Owens’s hand.
Posted inFilm
Kindness meets conflict in ‘The Lady in the Van’
While ostensibly a comedy, “The Lady in the Van” is also a profoundly serious movie.
Posted inFilm
Back Stories: Examine the meaning of truth in politics and broadcast news.
Examine the meaning of truth in politics and broadcast news.