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May 2015

May 29, 2015
This much talked about documentary from Sundance is now on Netflix. I reviewed it for...
May 27, 2015
Spinney realizes the similarities between himself and Big Bird, and acknowledges the influence that the...
May 24, 2015
Max Ophuls didn't invent the tracking shot, but he may have used it more effectively...
May 20, 2015
Billed as "The Film Hollywood Doesn't Want You to See," Amy Berg's documentary claims the...
May 19, 2015
Andrew Spitznas announces his new movie blog, Secular Cinephile.
May 18, 2015
We call natural disasters "Acts of God," but we struggle to square them with our...
May 14, 2015
The remarkable thing about Our Man in Tehran is its ability (much like Rory Kennedy's...
May 14, 2015
The relationship between suffering and comedy is hardly an unexamined one. Think for a moment:...
May 14, 2015
Fury Road has set a high bar for action films: fully realized world, fully fleshed...
May 13, 2015
Warner Brothers is donating $1 for each sold American Sniper DVD, up to $1 million,...
May 10, 2015
The Marvel Universe: where life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and endless.
May 07, 2015
The problem is that Noble is so respectful of Christina Noble that its respect veers...
May 05, 2015
Have you ever wanted to attend a press conference for a new Hollywood movie? Questions...

April 2015

April 29, 2015
So the question becomes: how does Batman Begins hold up in a post-Avengers world?
April 29, 2015
Mom moves in with gay son and they cook dumplings.
April 27, 2015
1More Film Blog offers an exclusive deleted clip from the new documentary, Above and Beyond....
April 24, 2015
If the quickest metric of a directorial debut is to which films it invites comparison,...
April 24, 2015
In contemplating art by concentration camp survivors, this austere yet affecting documentary offers a novel...
April 21, 2015
A terrifying kidnapping for ransom raises fears about renewed anti-Semitism.
April 19, 2015
Pitch Perfect 2 sends some confusing--and disappointing--messages in its trailer.
April 19, 2015
War reenactment…huh…yeah…what is it good for? “Possibly something,” is the reply emanating from this documentary...
April 19, 2015
Christians may enjoy seeing a cult get exposed, but they should be wary of this...
April 12, 2015
My last day in Durham featured documentaries about artwork by institutionalized psychiatric patients, an imperiled...
April 11, 2015
Today’s documentaries showed us brave filmmaking in Afghanistan, a flawed biography of a legendary American...
April 10, 2015
A famous G. K. Chesterton quote states, "Men do not differ much about what things...
April 10, 2015
Today’s trio of films featured a journey inside the deceiving mind, as well as adventures...
April 04, 2015
I am skeptical about remaking Ben-Hur, but revisiting William Wyler's classic reminded me that it...

March 2015

March 29, 2015
This briskly paced documentary about Soviet hockey excels both as a gripping personal story and...
March 29, 2015
Eleanor Rigby's conceit—I'm tempted to say "gimmick"—is that it shows their two stories back to...
March 29, 2015
Last week we gave away a free digital copy of The Hobbit: The Battle of...
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