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Cinematic Visions of Humanity
I’m struggling to work out what I feel about humanity and I think cinema is, too.
Films are responding to a perceived climate of hopelessness in one of two ways.... Read more -
2017 in Film
Both of the fans of my film columns on Think Theology may have noticed that I didn’t write much for the website in 2017. Life took over a little bit. I got more film... Read more -
Film Review: Silence
A black screen. The escalating hum of cicadas. One word appears on screen as the noise stops. Silence. Then, the camera slowly reveals hot springs in the Japanese... Read more -
The Film Year in Review
2016 has been one of the most exciting and busy years for me yet, but the flip-side is that I’ve seen far fewer films than normal. Never letting something like that... Read more -
Film Review: Moana
Disney are back once again with Moana and the extent to which you already appreciate the studio will determine how much you get out of their latest. I’m an unabashed... Read more -
When Marnie Was There - Review
When Marnie Was Thereis the final film from Studio Ghibli, the Greatest Animation Studio Ever according to... well, me. I've been a huge fan of the Japanese animators... Read more -
Film Review: Risen
In the recent Coen Brothers’ film Hail, Caesar!, which is set on a Hollywood studio lot, George Clooney’s character Baird Whitlock is starring in a Roman epic (also... Read more -
‘The Witch’ – A Review and Some Thoughts on...
Towards the start of The Witch, a horror film set on the Puritan frontier of America, a baby is killed and, in the darkness, a woman rubs blood over her naked body.... Read more -
Film Review: Spotlight
Cinema, at its best, is a medium that reveals emotional truth. In the case of Spotlight, when you see a victim of clerical abuse break down in tears, when the extent of... Read more -
Film Review of the Year 2015
As with last year, I’ve not really compiled a traditional top ten, as such. Instead, this is a collection of the films I’ve rated most highly over the course of... Read more - Page 1 2 3 >