Review| Hereditary
There is a significant distinction between a tragic hero and a foregone conclusion. While both retain the characteristic of giving the audience foreknowledge of their impending fate, only the tragic hero invites the will of the audience to push against…
Of The 1890s
Wherever historians would like to place the actual year of the first “film,” its beginnings were firmly in the 1890s. Between Edison’s phonograph, Dickson’s kinetograph and the Lumière brothers’ commercialization of their projectors with the cinématographe, the moving picture was well…
#171 – A Quiet Place and Affirming Life
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We talk (quietly) about John Krasinski’s latest film, A Quiet Place. Boy did this one catch on. A Quiet Place found audiences that love horror and those who don’t, which leads…
Review| A Quiet Place
Day 4 I’m still hugging my family extra tight. I’m still extra-conscious about how much noise I’m making while walking. I’m still on edge anytime there’s a loud noise. And it’s been four days since I saw A Quiet Place.…
Review| Annihilation
The dizzying journey of Annihilation begins with a look through a microscope at life at the cellular level. What follows is an even deeper exploration into what makes us human. Annihilation is expert filmmaking paced with just the right amount…
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.…
Oh! The Horror… | of the Unknown
What scares people is diverse and seldom shared in the same ways or amplitude of fear and anxiety. It is subjective according to the makeup of each individual person. One horror film might send a man into a frenzied terror…
Oh! The Horror… | of Anticipation
It’s a new year which means there will be a whole new slate of horror cinema to be released (probably) every day of 2018—as it continues to be the most profitable genre in film. In an age of #FOMO (“Fear…
Review| The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos movies are an acquired taste. Not like black coffee or certain types of seafood or cheese. More like lutefisk, a traditional Norweigan dish that is essential whitefish soaked in lye, or Vegemite (apologies to any of our Australian…
Oh! The Horror… | of the Coming
“O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.” Advent has passed, as has the celebratory birth date of…