Wow, wow, wow. A-grade truth-telling. I’ll say more soon, but this is an outstanding movie... about adolescence, yes, but it’s unnerving how this film’s lack of condescension, nostalgia, or score-settling makes something unexpected possible: It reveals adolescence as a microcosm of truth about adulthood.
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Eighth Grade 2018
45-minute drive to Cinemark theater at Lincoln Square in Bellevue, WA, so I can see Eighth Grade on opening day.
Parking at the theater $15? No thanks. I'll park a few blocks away.
I find free parking and walk 10 minutes to the theater. Now, I'm 10 minutes late to the movie, but I've probably just missed trailers. I'll go in anyway.
I check in with MoviePass.
I get to the ticket counter.
Ticket guy: "New policy. No bags allowed."…
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The Innocents 2016
Name one movie that is
a) directed by a woman,
b) filmed by a woman,
b) about women, and
c) deeply concerned with matters of faith.I can think of many films directed by men, and focusing on men, that rigorously wrestle with questions about God and the problem of evil. But The Innocents is a remarkably rare event.
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Selma 2014
Thank God Almighty.
Director Ava Duvernay had a monumental task before her, making a high-profile motion picture focused on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, with a cast of famous names. What’s more, the closer the film has come to release, the more the headlines have shown us just how much we need a Great Film about Dr. King’s vision.
Even great directors would probably have disappointed us. Think of Spielberg’s Lincoln: Hey, I loved it, but I acknowledge that it…
