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Dead Poets Society
Poets, like prophets, are said to be guided by a muse, in some cases THE muse. In Ireland it was thought that poets, especially the great poets, folk healers, and others with knowledge beyond that of the common world were taken by the trouping faeries for seven years only to return gifted in their own…
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Last Days in the Desert
On June 20th, Cinema Faith had the pleasure of hosting an exclusive showing of Last Days in the Desert. The film stars Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and Satan and features cinematography by three-time Oscar-winner Emmanuel Lubezki. Christian movies have a checkered past, but writer/director Rodrigo García breathes new life into the genre. This is…
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Me Before You
What would you do if almost all the activities by which you define yourself… that you look forward to doing day-in and day-out, were suddenly, irrevocably snatched from you and replaced by hourly never-ending discomfort and a total dependency on others for the most menial of your daily activities of living? Really, think about it.…
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The Lobster
If you could be any animal, what would you be? That’s the question that will be zinging around your brain as you watch The Lobster. Perhaps it’s the first time you’ve given it serious thought. Not so for the inhabitants of this dystopian universe. In the world of The Lobster, society is so obsessed with…
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The Good Lie
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Carol
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Seven Days in May
“The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience,” Rod Serling, the adaptor of Seven Days in May, addressed the Congress in 1968. “He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism…”* Serling’s vehicle was a bulldozer, through which he endeavored to level the…
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The Nice Guys
Shane Black is the king of buddy action movies. He sold the screenplay to Lethal Weapon at age 22. In 1996, Black scored a then-record-breaking payday of $4 million for The Long Kiss Goodnight. The sale made him enemies, and he disappeared from Hollywood for nine years. Then in 2005, Black returned not just as…
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Captain America: Civil War
Marvel’s at it again. This spring’s big hit is an adaption of the multiverse sensation Civil War for the newest Captain America movie. I remember 10 years ago spending hours in our local library reading this amazing story from as many points of view as they had, feeling the tension, fractures, sabotages, and trying to…
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Green Room
