This film demonstrates in the usual way why superheroes are basically a daydream of invincible adolescence. That’s not all it does, though, and that’s what makes it unusually interesting. In addition to its titanic,
17 May 2016
19 April 2016
It is sometimes suggested in learned circles that the quality of a film can be judged by watching it with the sound off. If you can still follow the narrative from the body language,
16 March 2016
An unrelentingly rollicky comedy that is just as funny as it is almost profound.
11 February 2016
A polite thing to say when a piece of cinema does not really tell a story is that it is a statement or a meditation. Limited entirely to the environs of a lush Swiss
26 January 2016
This is the story of the 2008 financial crisis and the handful of oddballs who saw it coming. Two parts documentary, one part comedy, it provides a window into the inner dealings of US
11 January 2016
The soul is always feminine in its relation to God. So writes Fr John Saward, Oxford-based theologian and parish priest, in his book Redeemer in the Womb. But what does this mean, especially for approximately half
3 December 2015
The next best thing to a good example is a terrible one. This could be called the principle idea behind the best Greek tragedy, at least as defined by Aristotle, who saw in the
2 October 2015
The principle pleasure of sarcasm is that it’s free. Free from seriousness, free from instruction, free from the costly and arduous exercise of communicating what one means. The user of sarcasm can drop a
27 August 2015
Two little girls sit on the hood of their dad’s vintage pickup truck as he tells them about his upcoming divorce. If you could only play with one doll for the rest of your
2 June 2015
There are two wolves, circling one another. One is called hope, the other despair. They never fight outright, yet they are locked in a struggle to the death. Which one will win? Whichever you