?Non silba sed anthar (not for self, but for others)? [Ku Klux Klan motto] Based on a true story, Best of Enemies tells the story of Durham, NC, in 1971. When a school for blacks has a fire, the students need to be moved. But where, to a white school? That certainly...
?When you serve me?, I feel sanctified.? In Diane, from writer/director Kent Jones, we watch the title character (Mary Kay Place) spend her days selflessly trying to help others. Diane is constantly in motion, driving between visits to her dying cousin Donna (Deidre...
I recently had the chance to take part in a small group conversation with Diane writer/director Kent Jones and the film?s lead, Mary Kay Place. This represents some of the topic we discussed. I noted that one of my favorite lines in the film was when the character...
Dumbo is the latest Disney animated classic to be remade as a live action film. The original, a 64-minute feature film from 1941, can be visually identified by most people, but I wonder how many have actually seen it in its brief entirety. Now the story comes back to...
I will admit up front that I approach nearly all popular media attempts to deal with biblical material with a chip on my shoulder. I think a scholarly and critical approach is essential to understanding the biblical writers and hearing the proclamation of God?s...
The filmmakers and actors from Disney?s upcoming live action Dumbo recently met with the press in a press conference format. This report is some gleanings from the two press conferences. The first included Grae Drake (Moderator), Derek Frey (Producer). Katterli...
What is a worthy sacrifice to make for one?s gods? Does that sound like a basis for a action thriller? It turns out to be a very important part of Hotel Mumbai, the feature debut of director Anthony Maras. Based on the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that created...
There is an old gospel song, ?This world is not my home, I?m just a-passing through?. A bit of that sense of temporariness is what we find in Transit from German director Christian Penzold. There are various aspects of this film that may leave us a bit off-balance,...
?There is nothing more dangerous for a warrior than emotion.? (Yon-Rogg) A new superhero comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Captain Marvel brings us the MCU?s first woman superhero, a soldier in the midst of an intergalactic war who ends up on earth and becomes...