I think I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating in the face of DreamWorks’ newest feature, Home: I’m really pretty bad at this film-critic thing. I think movies should …
The Irish Troubles Serve as Backdrop for Intense Thriller ‘’71’
In the years following the violent, decades-long Northern Ireland conflict known euphemistically as the Troubles, Belfast has emerged as a uniquely troubled chunk of cinematic real estate. It’s provided the …
‘The Overnighters’ Captures the Decay of the American Dream
The Bible commands Christians to love their neighbors. But the congregation at Concordia Lutheran Church in Williston, N.D., had trouble with that. Williston is the epicenter of the fracking boom, …
Eric Steel Explores the Mysteries of Suicide in 2006 Doc ‘The Bridge’
WATCH THIS The Bridge (2006) Twenty-three people kill themselves on camera over the course of the 94 minutes of The Bridge. Not fictional characters played by actors, but real people …
Kenneth Branagh Brings Old-School Hollywood Glamour to Disney’s New ‘Cinderella’
In this age of wholesale revisionism, there’s something that feels almost subversive about director Kenneth Branagh’s defiantly old-fashioned Cinderella. There are hardly any postmodern twists or deconstructed tropes in his …