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The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

Directed by: Terrence Malick Portrayals of God in the history of film extend from the disastrous to the ...
Max

Max

Directecd by: Boaz Yakin In one of my favorite films, The Shawshank Redemption, there is a scene in which ...
Secret in Their Eyes

Secret in Their Eyes

Directed by: Billy Ray Secret in Their Eyes, is a crime thriller about a murder case in which the killer is ...
Irrational Man

Irrational Man

Directed by: Woody Allen Woody Allen. You gotta love him. Allen’s movies have been dissected, debated, ...
Inside Out

Inside Out

Directed by: Pete Docter Latest in the Pixar pantheon of kid’s movies made for adults, Inside Out takes a ...
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

By: Zora Neale Hurston (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1937) Summary: One of the preeminent writers of ...
Boyhood

Boyhood

IFC Films, 2014; Directed by Richard Linklater; Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, & ...
The Help

The Help

Directed by: Tate Taylor Race has always been a controversial and deeply divisive topic in the movies. Ever ...
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Directed by: Tom Hooper Very few people I know in the English speaking West know nothing of Les Misérables, ...
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

By: James Davison Hunter (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) Summary: Dr. Hunter is a sociology ...
Capote

Capote

United Artists, 2005; Directed by Bennett Miller; Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, and Chris ...
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

By: Michelle Alexander (New York: The New Press, 2010) Summary: “More African American adults are under ...