I hesitate to write about any film by Gaspar Noe for fear that someone might actually watch it and never forgive me for introducing them to the experience. There’s much to critique about Noe’s work, particularly his unflinching representations of sex, violence, and, at times, combination of the two. However, these are also symptoms of [...]

Biutiful will most likely turn out to be one of the best Oscar nominated films that most people will not get to see in theaters. That it is a foreign language film (shot in Barcelona by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) relegates it to mainly art house theaters and a few multiplexes in larger cities. [...]

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay reviews Sin Nombre and its implications for our understanding of who our neighbors are and how we should treat them.

Once again, Richard Lindsay and I have compiled our list of ten spiritually or theologically significant films from 2010. Of course we have not seen every film released this year (from what I’ve read about it, Blue Valentine might well have made the list). In fact, we don’t necessarily agree on every one on the [...]

One of the reasons that this is the most wonderful time of the year is that studios are finally releasing some of their finest films for Oscar consideration. It’s not that great films haven’t already released earlier this year (think Social Network or Winter’s Bone, for example), it’s just that a rush of them tend [...]

Richard Lindsay reviews the latest sci-fi theatrical release, TRON: Legacy, after the jump.

Kino Video has just released The Complete Metropolis, what will likely be the most complete edition of one of the greatest films ever made that suffered some of the worst editorial treatment in film history. The Fritz Lang silent sci-fi masterpiece has gone through a remarkable history of reincarnations after its initial release in 1927. [...]

I have never been compelled to use the word triumphant when writing about a film until now. It was the first word that came to mind at the conclusion of Danny Boyle‘s latest film, 127 Hours. Based on the story of Aron Ralston, the trapped hiker who cut off his own arm to save himself, [...]

If you’re not familiar with the name Jack Rebney, then you might be familiar with the Winnebago Man. If this name doesn’t ring a bell, then maybe you’ve heard of The Angriest Man in the World.  I wasn’t familiar with the name or the titles until I read about the new documentary, Winnebago Man, which [...]

The first half of the final installment of the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, opens today in theaters across the country. While many viewers, including myself, are bemoaning the delay of the series’ conclusion until July 2011, that the final book is divided into two films allows the filmmakers to flesh out [...]