Streaming Weekly November 2016 4.0
On this holiday weekend, you may need a quick recovery for your food coma. Or, you might not be able to move and you need something to pass the time until you can. For either scenario, our contributor’s have a…
Streaming Weekly November 2016 3.0
It’s starting to get very chilly out there, which means you need to make sure to fill up your weekend evenings with some of our contributor’s recommendations while you stay warm inside. We’re excited to bring you more every week…
Reel World Rewind #010 – The Kid With A Bike
On this episode of Reel World Rewind: Blaine is joined by Joel Mayward to talk about the Dardenne Brothers’ film, The Kid with a Bike. They discuss the Dardennes’ unique style, as well as the film’s incredibly thoughtful depiction of everyday grace. Be…
Review| Arrival and the Importance of Patience in Communication
“Language is the foundation of civilization and the first weapon drawn in a conflict.” Those words are from a book written by the lead character in Arrival, Dr. Louise Banks, but more than that, they abridge much of what the…
Streaming Weekly November 2016 2.0
Today is a very significant milestone for Streaming Weekly. While it might not seem much, we’ve added a brand new streaming service to our pool of services to draw from. After carefully reviewing its content, curation, and diversity, Filmstruck comes…
#115 – Hacksaw Ridge and More Than Pacifism
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: After ten years of living in scrutiny from his Hollywood peers and the public at large, Mel Gibson is back in 2016 with his latest directorial debut, Hacksaw Ridge. For the…
Reviewing the Classics| Andrei Rublev
What do we think about when we engage art? When we gaze at a painting, do we appreciate it for its beauty – the images we see and perceive – or for the craftsmanship it took to create it? Depending…
Review| ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, Pacifism, and Mel Gibson’s Surrender
With the mere mention of a new creative endeavor by Mel Gibson, the public memory once again recalls the man’s actions ten years ago as he drunkenly accosted police with anti-Semitic and misogynistic language. It was an ugly scene and…
Review| The Missed Connections of Certain Women
“Did you just see the movie that just got out? Certain Women?” My friend Adam and I had barely cleared the threshold of the Landmark Theater in Highland Park, Illinois, my first experience at the art/indie cinema franchise, when an…
Review| The Wailing (2016)
While the festival darling The Witch, the masterfully marketed 10 Cloverfield Lane, and James Wan’s spooky sequel The Conjuring 2 are rightly—in my view, at least—being touted as prime examples of the influx of solid, well-crafted horror films released in 2016, Na Hong-jin’s enigmatic…