Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
No one writes movies like Charlie Kaufman. Who else would make his feature screenwriting debut about a portal inside the brain of John Malkovich as he did in Being John…
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Remember the Night
Anyone who tries to write comedies for the screen will inevitably spend some amount of time hating Preston Sturges. The man was actually a hen who squeezed out golden eggs…
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La La Land
At the end of 2016, we need a movie like La La Land. Musicals offer an alternate universe where people don’t sit around mad at each other, they get out…
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Loving
When I was reared in rural Indiana in the 1950’s, I never saw living (as opposed to pictures) people of color other than on those rare occasions my brothers, sisters,…
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Terrence Malick and the Three Greatest Christian Movies Ever Made
What if I told you that the three most recent movies from Terrence Malick are the greatest Christian movies ever made? Well, first, you’d probably ask me, “Who is Terrence…
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Couples Retreat
Here I sit, again, watching Couples Retreat. I returned to this movie many times because it is funny and I am thoroughly entertained. But on this occasion (perhaps the 5th…
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A Child Is Waiting
The opening title sequence of A Child Is Waiting is a series of striking children’s drawings, primal and observant, done with the pencil pressed hard. At the end of it,…
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The Boy and the Beast
American animated films tend to be formulaic slapstick. Of course this is Disney’s fault, but it’s also because we consider cartoons to be “for children,” therefore they must be easy…
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The Lobster
If you could be any animal, what would you be? That’s the question that will be zinging around your brain as you watch The Lobster. Perhaps it’s the first time…
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Carol
“I see her the same instant she seems me, and instantly, I love her. Instantly, I am terrified, because I know she knows I am terrified and that I love…
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