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, but that just adds to the depth… [Read More]
La Religieuse (The Nun) – Restored Classic, Restored Culture War?
Jacques Rivette’s La Religieuse (The Nun) was the center of controversy in France. Banned for over a year by the Minister of Information in 1965, the film was a battleground of the culture wars of the day.
The Wife – Support, Loyalty, and Resentment
This may be the perfect time for The Wife to find its way to the screen. It seems almost tailor made for the Time’s Up movement. . . . This film truly speaks to that issue in a clear and loud voice.
The Sense of an Ending – Unhistoric History
I have a t-shirt that reads “The older I get the better I was.” That sentiment immediately came to mind when I watched The Sense of an Ending. It is a story of memory of past times, but we see that those memories may not be a reliable recounting of what happened.
The Great Gilly Hopkins – Finding Family
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a story about the meaning of family. [It is] based on the long-popular YA book by Katherine Paterson (which won a National Book Award and a Newbery Honor).
