RWT Non-Top 10 Movies of 2017
We’ve shared our Top 10’s from 2017, but there are a bunch of movies just missing the cut we still liked. Our contributors and staff offer up a movie from 2017 they consider to be essential viewing but missed out on their…
Oh! The Horror… | of the People Around Us
David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007) still stands as an example of cinema that succeeds at balancing the visceral thrills and exploitation of true crime narratives with a sensitivity towards those victims, investigators, and involved bystanders who actually lived in the Zodiac’s…
Review| Marshall
A couple of months ago, my review of Detroit opined the failure to keep the eyes of the audience on the black narrative and, instead, found it’s gaze concentrated on the white Detroit police officers at the center of the film’s…
#144 – Detroit and When the Gospel Gets Political
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Detroit is a movie that has received positive reviews overall but has incited a mixed response from audiences of different backgrounds. Does Detroit serve a larger purpose to remind us of…
#143 – Dunkirk and Theater as Religious Experience
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Christopher Nolan is back at it and now louder than ever! That’s right, Nolan is bringing his flair for making films pure theater experiences back after his trip to the future…
When the Center Does Not Hold: The Problem with Detroit
“The white gaze: it traps black people in white imaginations. It is the eyes of a white schoolteacher who sees a black student and lowers expectations. It is the eyes of a white cop who sees a black person and…
Streaming Weekly July 2017 2.0
Happy Friday, everybody! While the weather outside is delightful, your streaming queue may look a little bit frightful. This weekend, we’re recommending two recent documentaries heavy on politics and controversy/tragedy. Because who doesn’t love that? Answer: No one, everyone loves…
Oh! The Horror… | of Double Features, Vol. II
I am so pleased this week to be collaborating, once again, with my good friend, Joseph Nooft, who is a contributor for Mockingbird. We wanted to bring to you some more suggestions for double features—a non-horror film paired with a horror…
Review| Dunkirk
There is a quote that goes around attributed to François Truffaut about the incapability of making an anti-war film. This quote was used often by Roger Ebert, but is actually quite difficult to pin down its actual source. Truffaut does…
Streaming Weekly June 2017 2.0
Wonder Woman last weekend, It Comes At Night this weekend and a bunch of other great movies still in theaters. There should be no reason you are staying at home and watching anything. But, reality strikes, you have kids, you get sick,…