An Introduction to “The Hidden Life of Trees”
This documentary based on the worldwide bestseller is a good start, but a deeper dig would’ve been nice.
View Article“Stillwater” Runs Deeper Than Most Crime Dramas
Director Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”) uses the suspense genre to interrogate the clash of American and Mediterranean values.
View Article“The Green Knight”: The Hero with a Thousand Revisions
Writer/director David Lowery post-modernizes the Arthurian legend, with fabulous results.
View Article“Pray Away”: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Faith-Based Homophobia
This Netflix documentary gazes into the lives and headspace of Exodus International’s former leaders.
View Article“Not Going Quietly” Spotlights a Humanist Life, Lived Well
Ady Barkan, battling ALS, continues to fight for progressive causes.
View Article“Annette,” a Musical Most Wonderful and Strange
Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, the band Sparks, and French director Leos Carax have created cinema magic.
View Article“No Man of God”: An Audacious Take on Ted Bundy and His Killers
As the serial killer and his profiler-turned-buddy, Luke Kirby and Elijah Wood serve up an acting tour de force.
View Article“The Big Scary S Word”: Socialism as the Truest Expression of Democracy
This brisk overview of socialism in America might help destigmatize the word.
View Article“Language Lessons”: Connecting in Disconnected Times
This charmer about unexpected friendship, mediated by technology, is tone-perfect.
View Article“The Card Counter” Continues Paul Schrader’s Exposé of American Moral Poverty
Schrader’s latest picks up where “First Reformed” left off.
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