Reel World: Rewind #027 – The Incredibles
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the upcoming release of Pixar’s Incredibles 2, it only made sense for us to look back at Brad Bird’s original superhero film from before there was the term “superhero movie fatigue”. This month, co-host…
Solo and The Scoundrel’s Journey
Joseph Campbell said of the hero, “When we quit thinking primarily about and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation…”. In the original Star Wars trilogy, George Lucas embodied this transformation in both the character arc of his main…
Review| First Reformed
Paul Schrader, director of First Reformed and famed screenwriter of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ grew up in the Calvinist Christian Reformed Church with a strict family home. He attended Calvin College and graduated with a minor in theology. A…
Review| You Were Never Really Here
Early in Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes-winning, You Were Never Really Here, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joe returns home from a job to find his mother unmoving in front of the TV. Knowing what we know of Joe, we’re not sure if his mother is…
Review| Come Sunday
I was once a heretic. As a confirmed communicant and a born and raised Catholic, The church would not have been happy to know I confidently believed you didn’t need to believe or practice Catholic doctrine to be accepted by…
Reel World: Rewind #026 – Fantastic Mr. Fox
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the recent release of Wes Anderson’s new animated film, Isle of Dogs, it made sense to venture back to his previous animated movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox. This month, Josh Crabb is joined…
Reviewing the Classics| The Gospel According to St. Matthew
When Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian director of The Gospel According to St. Matthew, was asked why his movies so often dealt with religious themes despite his communist leanings and professed atheism, he responded, “If you know that I am an…
Reel World: Rewind #025 – The Godfather: Part II
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the Oscars now completed and a brand new Best Picture winner crowned, it got the Reel World: Rewind think-tank pondering some of the best picture winners of all-time. Consequently, the conversation will…
Review| Black Panther
A movie with as much hype as Black Panther needed young director Ryan Coogler to hit another home run. He had successfully launched his and Michael B. Jordan’s careers with his debut festival hit, Fruitvale Station, followed by the unlikely successful Rocky movies sequel, Creed.…
Reel World: Rewind #024 – Pan’s Labyrinth
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the wide acclaim and 13 Oscar nominations of The Shape of Water, the latest film by Guillermo Del Toro, it seemed only appropriate to delve into his most widely acclaimed feature film, Pan’s Labyrinth.…