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Manchester by the Sea
We’ve been looking forward to Manchester by the Sea since January when it took Sundance by storm. Now, 11 months later, the film is everywhere and it was worth the wait. Writer/director Kenneth Lonergan, best known for 2000’s You Can Count on Me, has crafted a masterful meditation on grief and regret. Casey Affleck plays Lee,…
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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Many of us have ambivalent feelings about the wars our country fights. Even if we have concerns for the justifications given to our troops to be in harm’s way overseas, we cringe at the potential damages to their physical and mental health, let alone the chance that they may pay the “ultimate price.” When we…
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The Last of Sheila
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Denial
Who among us would ever deny that the Holocaust has occurred? A person might make that statement if they were a white supremacist, or live in Iran, but even then we wouldn’t think they really believe what they are saying. We would be certain that their opinions were the result of biased propaganda. Given that,…
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
While it can’t be denied that fatigue exists in this new world of movie universes — Marvel, DC, Middle Earth, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. — there’s also something to be said for familiarity. For every let down like The Hobbit, there’s a welcome return like The Force Awakens. And that makes sense: People like…
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Moonlight
Moonlight is about Chiron. The movie focuses on this boy through three epochs of his life (Little, Chiron, Black) utilizing three different actors to pronounce the difference, all carrying his characteristic inwardness. Chiron is a lonely boy, terrifically quiet and obviously not in on the rules of the game that all his fellow inner-city Miami…
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Arrival
There’s been some debate about how the studio cut the trailers for Arrival: more Independence Day than The Fountain. For such a minimalist, quiet film it seems the editors managed to find every scene of people running and military formations in order to portray a more mainstream actioner. Yes, there are creepy aliens and even…
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Hacksaw Ridge
Sometimes it’s easy to wonder if Mel Gibson wants to find redemption in his work as a filmmaker. Gibson’s shortcomings are clearly documented: some will tell you he’s a drunk, an anti-Semite and a clinically insane person. Others will tell you he’s a broken man seeking to honor God in his craft. And I think…
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Ghostbusters / Weiner / Deadpool / Zootopia
At Cinema Faith, we wish we could provide feature-length reviews for every movie that hits theaters. Unfortunately, some films fall through the cracks. Welcome to another edition of Mini-Review Roundup where we present smaller reviews of several movies at once. This month we review Ghostbusters, Weiner, Deadpool, and Zootopia. Ghostbusters The reaction to…
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Doctor Strange
