Directed by: Sam Mendes 1917 was the odds-on favorite this year to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, which Parasite, the Korean thriller, of course won. If 1917 had won, though, it would have been for all the wrong reasons. Hollywood loves war pictures (though...
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino’s most recent movie and is set in Los Angeles at the time of the Manson murders. One of the most difficult tasks for a Christian when writing about film—far too large a discussion to do...
Directed by: Bong Joon Ho Parasite is the most surprising nominee of the nine contenders for Best Picture, and its win in this category was even more so. Like last year’s Roma, it is a foreign film, subtitled, set entirely and fully produced in a foreign country, in...
Directed by: Ryan Coogler America is struggling again with the questions of racism, police brutality, and how those of different racial and ethnic origin can live together in harmony. Movies are not a perfect way to understand what people different from you go through...
Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton Several weeks ago, I brought to your attention the movie Fruitvale Station, a film based on the true story of the police killing of Oscar Grant, III, on a train station platform in Oakland, California. The star of that film is the...
Tremolo Productions, 2013; Directed by Morgan Neville; PG-13. Summary: Many of our favorite songs feature backup singers who often get overshadowed by the lead singer. Think of “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones or “Hit the Road Jack” with Ray Charles. Often the...
Magnolia Pictures, 2012; Directed by Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush; Music by The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett; PG. Summary: Jeff Bridges, actor and co-founder of the End Hunger Network, says in reference to problem of hunger in America, “If another country...
CNN Films, 2014; Directed by Andrew Rossi; PG-13. Summary: Student loan debt in the United States totals over $1.2 trillion and continues to rise. College tuition has increased over 1120% since 1978, which is more than healthcare or food. The documentary Ivory...
Atlas Films, 2014; Directed by Stephanie Soechtig; Narrated by Katie Couric; PG. Summary: Everyone has seen and likely taken part in buying the food with the ever-familiar labels “Reduced Fat” or “Low Fat” or “Fat Free.” Fed Up begins here, saying that fat was removed...
MGM, 1968; Directed by Stanley Kubrick; Starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood; G. Summary: Before man landed on the moon there was 2001: A Space Odyssey, so believable that some insisted the Apollo 11 mission simply had to be a hoax if Stanley Kubrick could produce...
