#197 – The Favourite and Flattery Over Honesty
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We get to talk about one of our “favourite” films of the year. While Yorgos Lanthimos isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, he finally made a movie that seems to be accessible…
of the 1970s
After a decade of increasing social, political, and cultural unrest around the world, the seventies found Hollywood shifting into the structural norms that we currently recognize and are beginning to push back against in our current era. The Civil Rights…
Review| How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
If the slightly grotesque yet charming dragons and the beautiful, tactile CGI-animation is what draws you to the How To Train Your Dragon series, then you will love How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Each successive movie in…
#196 – Green Book and the Value of a Multi-Cultural Perspective
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Well, I guess we couldn’t have planned it better if we tried. A few weeks back we sat down to talk about Green Book not knowing how the Oscars would pan…
An Indigenous woman was nominated for an Oscar and that’s a big deal. Here’s why.
One of 2018’s critical and audience darlings, Roma has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Director. It’s a historical event for several reasons, but the biggest reason is probably the nomination of lead Yalitza…
The Second Day of the Rest of Your Life: Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
“If we were vampires and death was a joke We’d go out on the sidewalk and smoke And laugh at all the lovers and their plans I wouldn’t feel the need to hold your hand Maybe time running out is…
Review| Social Animals (2018)
The internet and its wave of social media platforms have provided a new breeding ground for documentaries. When information about everything is available with a click at any time, questions of interpersonal communication, ethics, privacy, among other concerns present themselves…
Review| Alita: Battle Angel and an Expected Savior
Alita: Battle Angel is a totally awesome mess. It’s got an unbelievably good lead in the heretofore-mostly-unknown Rosa Salazar, whose character should stand pretty much as deep in the Uncanny Valley as you can get, but somehow manages to be…
Film as Confession: Taste of Cherry (1997) and Sex, Lies, & Videotape (1989)
“Film is truth, 24 times a second.” –Jean Luc-Godard We live in a world of displacement. Through the efforts of cultural, societal, and technological change, we move and breathe day after day as those forced towards awareness. Being in the…
Reel World: Rewind #034 – MirrorMask
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… Josh is joined by Reel World staff member David Atwell to talk about the 2005 movie, MirrorMask. A UK-based movie produced by Jim Henson Studios, MirrorMask was written by renowned comic book writer and…