Masters of Sex Episode 2.3 Recap: Fight

Last updated on: July 29, 2014 at 9:13 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

The don't-call-it-an-affair between Virginia Johnson and Bill Masters has been the one element of Masters of Sex that most blatantly deviates from Thomas Maier's biography of the same title. Read more

Clannad — The Motion Picture (Dezaki, 2007)

Last updated on: July 28, 2014 at 2:46 pm By Evan Cogswell

Clannad is an ambitious anime, touching on themes of friendship, family, grief, memory, and growing up. Read more

Revisiting Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales–Suzanne’s Career

Last updated on: July 27, 2014 at 4:02 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

For all of Rohmer's honesty about the emotional cowardice of (young) men, these films stop short of simply man-bashing. Read more

The Thin Place #48: Lucy–God or Godlike?

Last updated on: July 25, 2014 at 11:32 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

Lucy is a summer popcorn movie, to be sure. But when a movie has this much God symbolism, you can bet The Thin Place is going to ponder what it all is supposed to mean. Read more

The Purge: Anarchy Prize Pack Giveaway (Completed)

Last updated on: August 1, 2014 at 4:27 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Want a survival pack? Simply run your mouse over the GIFs below to control the scene, and then leave a comment saying what you would do to try to survive Purge Night if you were a character in the movie. If your strategy includes one of the items from your survival kit, I'll count your entry twice! Read more

Vera Drake (Leigh, 2004) — 10 Years Later

Last updated on: July 23, 2014 at 3:57 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Vera Drake eschews argument, which I would normally say is a good thing, but what we are left with is a woman whose moral goodness (and the goodness of her cause) is assumed rather than demonstrated. Read more

Wet Behind the Ears (Copeland, 2013)

Last updated on: July 21, 2014 at 10:33 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Like its protagonist, Wet Behind the Ears is unpolished but still willing to work for our approval. The characters do acknowledge how difficult it is to be (young and) unemployed, but the film doesn't wrap those acknowledgements in a most-put-upon-generation entitlement blanket. Read more

Masters of Sex Episode 2.2 Recap: Kyrie Eleison

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 7:14 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

Just after I finished praising the first season of Showtime's edgy drama, Masters of Sex, the second season has gotten off to a bumpy start. Read more

Heaven is for Real

Last updated on: July 27, 2014 at 3:58 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog is giving away a free DVD of Heaven is For Real to one lucky reader. Read more

Revisiting Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales: The Bakery Girl of Monceau

Last updated on: July 22, 2014 at 11:14 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

"Why film a story when one can write it? Why write it when one is going to film it?" Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales are a treasure for anyone who has ever tired to think deeply about the intersections of film and literature. Read more