Uppity Women Unite: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry Film Review
In many ways, the documentary film She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry reaffirms the old proverb: “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” This documentary about the triumphs and pitfalls of the second-wave... Read More
Film Review: American Sniper Hegemony, American Style
Yesterday morning, following the previous night’s Academy Awards extravaganza, the folks at Fox News started to crow. They were outraged that the film American Sniper didn’t win more awards (it was nominated for six Oscars,... Read More
PK Is a Film about Humanism—And that’s All I Can Tell You!
Imagine an internationally known actor and a top director coming together to make a movie about what it’s like to be a humanist in a highly religious society. Now imagine that it isn’t a small,... Read More
Our Favorite Holiday Movies
30 Rock's "Christmas Special" (2008) If I'm at home and my TV is on, there is an alarmingly high likelihood that an old episode of 30 Rock will be playing in the background. The brilliant... Read More
Film Review: Saving Christmas—Defending a Secular Christmas from Kirk Cameron
This year was “The Year of Christian Film,” with at least seven big-name Christian themed movies: Son of God, God’s Not Dead, Noah, Heaven is for Real, Left Behind, Mary, and Exodus. (If you like,... Read More
Film Review: Rosewater Jon Stewart Didn’t Want to Make a Movie—He Wanted to Make THIS Movie
Let me say right off the bat—Jon Stewart seems like a really nice guy. When you watch him on The Daily Show he comes across as sharp, engaged and, of course, very funny. And he... Read More
Film Review: Interstellar May Be the Best Movie of the Year
Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine, and directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Inception, and the Dark Knight trilogy) may just be the best movie of the year. Incorporating a fantastic... Read More