You’d be forgiven for thinking that a movie called Monsters would feature, well, numerous monstrous characters, creatures, or beings terrorizing their human counterparts. If that’s what you like in your monster movies, then Gareth Edwards‘ Monsters might not be the film for you. However, if you like more intimate, suspenseful films that do not sacrifice emotion as soon as a monster emerges on screen, then this is the film for you. (more…) Read more

Recovering from a dissertation defense, starting a new job, and prepping weekly lectures for my religion and the cinema course have left little time for movie watching these days. However, I finally got to see Never Let Me Go recently. This is one of those rare cases where the film adaptation of a book actually brings something fresh to the story on which it is based, and it’s a shame it hasn’t gotten more attention during awards season. (more…) Read more

I hesitate to write about any film by Gaspar Noe for fear that someone might actually watch it and never forgive me for introducing them to the experience. There’s much to critique about Noe’s work, particularly his unflinching representations of sex, violence, and, at times, combination of the two. However, these are also symptoms of his daring willingness to experiment with the medium of film in ways few other, if any, filmmakers are doing. His latest film, Enter the Void,... Read more

Biutiful will most likely turn out to be one of the best Oscar nominated films that most people will not get to see in theaters. That it is a foreign language film (shot in Barcelona by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) relegates it to mainly art house theaters and a few multiplexes in larger cities. It’s a shame because most viewers will have to wait until the DVD to view one of the year’s best performances and the small screen... Read more

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay reviews Sin Nombre and its implications for our understanding of who our neighbors are and how we should treat them. (more…) Read more