Inside Llewyn Davis is a folk song in that it manages to capture the struggle and pain of life in way that almost feels cathartic.

The colours are muted and there is a fuzzy quality to the presentation that feels almost as if you are watching it through a tear in your eye.

The key to this movie lies in Oscar Isaac's performance. His character on the surface is off-putting and closed off, yet you can't help but feel bad…

Shoah has been my project over the last few weeks as I opted out of watching it all in one sitting for a couple of reasons. The first being the subject matter was almost too upsetting to take in at one time. The second being I wanted every story to have my full attention and I couldn't do that for a full 9 1/2 hour runtime. Since today is Yom HaShoah it seemed fitting to wrap it up today.

Now…

I was ready to take a pretentious approach and partially write off this movie as a lesser version of Bergman's Winter Light. Fortunately, that high horse voice inside my head will have to quiet down for a moment since I think First Reformed does a terrific job taking Bergman's concept and running with it.

To be fair as well First Reformed is still very much its own film. It has a few callbacks and repeated sequences from Winter Light but…