One reason that religion doesn’t usually play well on television is that unless a show is focused on religion, a single character usually has to stand in as the representative example of his or her tradition. Unless that character is the protagonist (and sometimes even then), the character is going to be sketchily defined to begin with: the God-hounded skeptic in Joan of Arcadia, the virginal good-girl in L.A. Law, the good pastor in Little House on the Prairie, the... Read more
The parable, like the film itself, defies any solution. Like a Lewis Carroll riddle disguised as a Bible passage, it tantalizingly dangles points of interpretive entry only to reveal all entry points as dead ends. Read more
Mustafa is a figure inspired by several religious leaders, and his sayings consist of truisms with which most major religions would agree. Read more
Few American television shows focus on religion -- but this French series about five seminary students is worth a look. Read more
I chose to review the Criterion Collection version of The Game partially because I really don’t believe in a lot of the hocus-pocus digital magic over-priced Blu-ray cash-grabs, and I wanted to point at this edition and say “it didn’t affect my experience and it’s a waste of money.” It did. And it’s not. As is the case in many things, I was plain wrong. Read more
As far as modern filmmaking goes, there aren’t many who have better utilized the medium like Sirk. Read more
"The search for truth requires a method." So says Rene Descartes in one of Roberto Rossellini's seldom seen television projects. Read more
It is a testament to film’s great storytelling that a movie about a boxer makes the big final fight second fiddle to the story of a man and his daughter. Read more
The stuff of which dreams are made. But the dream ends, as all dreams do. Read more
Honestly, Ant-Man has more things I liked than any comic book movie since...Batman Begins maybe? Read more
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