Hustlers (2019)
September 22, 2019
Glamorous actresses, agile pole dancing, thrilling needle drops — Hustlers is an edgy crowdpleaser. But what is it really celebrating?
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Cinemarginalia: September 21
September 21, 2019
Notes on my moviegoing priorities for this week; streaming services and other movie sources; and my first viewing of The Outsiders (a movie I didn't see in my high school years).
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Turn and Face the Strange: a challenge to artists and churches
On Movies & Media,On Songs & Albums,On Books & Writing
September 6, 2019
In April, I closed the Sacrament & Story conference in Seattle by posing a challenge to artists and churches, and by addressing a question that has kept you awake at night, I'm sure: If you go into space, will your DNA be rewritten and turn you into an alien?
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First Impressions of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
September 4, 2019
As soon as I'd started watching the new Netflix series that expands on Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, I called animator and author Ken Priebe to talk about the artistry of it. Here's our conversation.
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Honeyland (2019)
August 26, 2019
In a case of "found poetry," documentarians following a remarkable Macedonian beekeeper have captured a rich and meaningful story of stewardship and injustice.
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Mandy (2019)
August 22, 2019
Here's an idea for a movie: They've taken the woman he loves. So he's out for revenge.
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Guest review: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
On Movies & Media,Film Reviews
August 13, 2019
Guest reviewer Damian Arlyn considers the place of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood in director Quentin Tarantino's oeuvre.
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