Leave the World Behind: Isolation & Opposition
When the Sandford family takes a weekend to escape their busy urban life in Brooklyn, they leave...
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The Black Phone: Answering the Call to Fight Back
Set in a suburban town in Colorado back in 1978, The Black Phone begins as five children go...
Moon Knight: Marvel’s Wildest Experiment… and it Works
Once again, Marvel has proven that they aren?t the most successful franchise in history by...
Zeros and Ones: Ethan Hawke is Seeing Double
In Zeros and Ones, a movie about a terrorist plot that the audience never quite catches up to, Ethan Hawke plays JJ, a soldier trying to stop said plot, and Justin, JJ’s twin brother who seems to be behind the plot. But in...
Cut Throat City: Breaking Free from a Broken System
Set in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans,?Cut Throat City?follows the young artist, Blink...
Tesla: Alternating History
As one of the more iconic voices in scientific history, the impact of the work of Nikola Tesla has...
Saturday at AFI Fest 2019
The second day of AFI Fest Presented by Audi, was another day filled with interesting and powerful films. The odd thing about being at Hollywood and Highland this year is that since the Egyptian Theater down the street isn?t...
Juliet, Naked: Running from Grace
Directed by Jesse Peretz (Our Idiot Brother, Girls), Juliet, Naked?tells the story of Annie (Rose...
First Reformed – A Pastor’s Dark Night of the Soul
Pastor Toller?s spiritual anguish, I think, is an exaggeration of a malaise that afflicts much of the church and society. It is not a lack of faith (either for Toller or the church at large). We become so overwhelmed by the griefs and pains of life that we feel paralyzed to address the deep needs of the world around us.
The Broken Church: 1on1 with Cedric the Entertainer (FIRST REFORMED)
First Reformed?tells the story of Toller (Ethan Hawke), a former military veteran and pastor of...
When Film Confronts Faith: 1on1 with Paul Schrader (FIRST REFORMED)
Written and directed by the legendary Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ),...
Maudie – Validation of a Life
?The whole of life, already framed, right there.? It?s hard to assign Maudie to any one genre....
First Reformed: Is Church Relevant?
?Will God forgive us?? — Toller (Ethan Hawke,?First Reformed) First Reformed tells the story of Toller (Ethan Hawke), a former military veteran and pastor of the First Reformed Church.? Preparing to celebrate their 250th...