Novitiate – 2017

Religion is a powerful motivator. Some films portray it as an ally of its protagonists, while others portray it as the enemy, while others still portray it as a great question mark that creates the drama of the film. The latter is the case for Novitiate. The film follows a young woman named Cathleen (Margaret […]

100 Years of Film

Two years ago I started a marathon of films. My goal was to watch at least one film for every year from 1919 to 2018. For each of the next 10 days, I will be discussing a different decade of film and each year within it. I will start today with 1910s. The film industry […]

A Wrinkle in Time – 2018

It was a massive undertaking by Disney to create the universe of this classic. Madeleine L’Engle’s novel is one of the most famous young adult stories of all-time. The film follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), a teenage girl who goes on a mission across space and time to rescue her father from a dark entity. […]

I, Daniel Blake – 2016

One of the most relevant films of this generation, there is a lot of pain in this film, but it’s ability to inspire supersedes the pain it causes. The film follows Daniel Blake, a man who has recently suffered a heart attack and has to apply for unemployment benefits. Unfortunately for Dan, the unemployment office […]

The Silence of the Lambs – 1991

Hannibal Lecter is one of the most famous villains of all time and his portrayal here by Anthony Hopkins is easily the greatest performance of the nineties. But as great as Hopkins is, this is not his film and the burden falls on Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling to carry the film. Fortunately, Foster is more […]

Molly’s Game – 2017

Aaron Sorkin is, arguably, the best screenwriter ever. His ability to make his characters witty and sarcastic while still conveying their message intelligently is truly a gift. He is well-known for the walk and talk where his characters espouse massive amounts of information while moving around the scene. His latest venture is Molly’s Game, with […]