Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
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December 25, 2015
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Bret Lott and the Ambition contest winners
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December 24, 2015
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe (2005)
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December 24, 2015
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The Partains’ Christmas Playlist
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December 20, 2015
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Stations of the Cross (2015)
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December 19, 2015
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Tomorrow’s film critics today: Sierra Richter
December 14, 2015
Is there a future in film criticism? Are young people just consuming movies, or are some of them really thinking about what they mean and how they mean it? This series will introduce four high school students who might become tomorrow's film critics.
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Writers of Ambition: a roundtable interview
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December 13, 2015
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Mistress America (2015)
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November 29, 2015
This review is currently for Looking Closer Specialists only. Learn about how to become a Specialist here.
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
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November 25, 2015
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Man With a Movie Camera (1929): a Filmwell dialogue
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November 23, 2015
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Spotlight (2015): first impressions and a film forum
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November 21, 2015
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One wild ride
November 18, 2015
I'm a nervous wreck. I saw a movie last night that had enough suspense for several thrillers.
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The Marty Party: Scorsese and Me
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November 17, 2015
It's Martin Scorsese's birthday, so I'm polishing up my existing Scorsese-film reviews and restoring some that have been missing from the site for a long time.
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Gregory Wolfe Book Winners
November 16, 2015
Read the winning entries in the "We Love Gregory Wolfe" contest.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928): a Filmwell dialogue
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November 16, 2015
In which Michael Leary and I discuss the "sheer visual horror" of Dreyer's classic film.
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Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet
(now the ears of my ears awake andnow the eyes of my eyes are opened)
– e. e. cummings, “i thank You God for most this amazing”