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Today, Steven Greydanus published this article about The Rite and Movieguide’s review of it, exposing yet another exhibition of Movieguide’s ignorance. (more…)

Have you checked the schedule for IAM Encounter 11? (more…)

Huh. Once in a while, my opinion of a movie aggravates other reviewers I really respect. That seems to have happened with The Fighter. Over at artsandfaith.com, there’s been quite a long debate about the film.

And now, today, my thoughts were quoted in an unexpected place. (more…)

The first month of 2011 is wrapping up, and I must say that I’ve enjoyed having time to see movies again.

I doubt I’ll ever go back to the unhealthy pace of three or four movies a week that I suffered a few years back when I was reviewing films regularly. These days I can pick and choose, and write about those that inspire me instead of those that are assigned to me, and take the time to craft some thoughts about them that I won’t want to completely revise a week later.

It’s a good situation.

Tonight I had a fantastic time in a real movie theatre, with a real new release, real peanut M&Ms in my hands, and a real audience. And no, I’m not talking about No Strings Attached. What did I see? (more…)

My review of The Fighter, a film by David O. Russell, is published at Good Letters, the blog posted daily by Image journal.

I’ve summed up my thoughts on the movie The Fighter…
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This is a revised, expanded version of a commentary that was originally published as a two-part series at Image‘s blog Good Letters. You can read the original series here and here.]

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2010 was a year full of unforgettable movies.

And I still have many on my must-see list. For example, Carlos (by Olivier Assayas, who directed my favorite 2009 film), The Kids Are All Right, Animal Kingdom, Get Low, 127 Hours, Another Year, Mother, White Material, Somewhere, and Vincere, to name a few.

In the meantime, here are my most memorable moviegoing experiences of 2010.

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First I’ll list six impressive movies that I wanted to love, but couldn’t. Feel free to try and change my mind. (more…)

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Words fail. (more…)

How’s that for a headline?

In my opinion, the most beautiful news story of 2011 so far is… (more…)