SXSW Film: The First Half
It’s my first time to SXSW, so I quickly learned what a fool I was for planning on seeing so many films in…
Death at the Movies: A Review
Few film and religion books are as intriguingly interreligious as Lyn and Tom Davis Genelli’s Death at the Movies: Hollywood’s Guide to the Hereafter.…
Wounded Healers
Two smaller “indie” films are getting vastly different treatment this awards season. The first, Enough Said, is being praised for Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ career highlighting…
August: Osage County: Family Ties that Bind–and Gag
August: Osage County is the kind of drama that theater critics used to accuse gay men of writing in order to let out…
Surviving His Own Innocence
It’s that time of year again when, for really no good reason, I scramble to see as many of the Oscar-nominated films as…
Film Favorites from 2013
As usual, Richard and I are a little late with our “Best Of” list for 2013. There were so many strong releases during…
The Sin Carries the Punishment
Few films among the contenders for Best Picture in the run up to awards season are as polarizing as The Wolf of Wall…
Boring but Beautiful
The biggest lie being perpetrated this holiday season (aside from the hyper-commercialization of Christmas) is that Saving Mr. Banks is a delightful holiday…
