At SXSW18: ON HER SHOULDERS
The Yazidis are a Kurdish religious minority that has recently been displaced from their northern Iraq homeland by ISIS. They make up about…
Coming Soon—POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD
We’re taking a small break from SXSW to share an exciting announcement. Wim Wenders, a legend in the realm of film and faith/spirituality,…
At SXSW18: NARCISSISTER ORGAN PLAYER
On its own, Narcissister’s work might be too shocking for some viewers. In one performance, dressed as feces, she pushes herself out of a…
At SXSW18: THY KINGDOM COME
Thy Kingdom Come is an offshoot of To the Wonder, the Terrence Malick film in which Javier Bardem plays a priest. He reprises…
At SXSW18: TRANSMILITARY
In our highly polarized culture, films like Transmilitary are vitally important. Sure it’s pushing an agenda, but the heroism and integrity of its subjects makes…
At SXSW18: SOCIAL ANIMALS
The speed with which social media platforms change and the evolving nature of how we (and especially teenagers) use them would seem to…
At Sundance ’18: WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR
Won’t You Be My Neighbor is a documentary about Fred Rogers and the unlikely phenomenon of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. It is simultaneously a…
I’LL PUSH YOU: An Antidote for Our Times
When it starts to feel like we live in the…most…divisive…times…ever, I return to Steven Pinker’s book,The Better Angels of Our Nature, in which…
At SXSW2017: LET THERE BE LIGHT
Science! That’s got to be the immediate reaction to Let There Be Light, the new documentary about scientists who are, essentially, attempting to…