Tag: Class Warfare

  • Oscars 2020 — Who Should Win (Part Two)

    Oscars 2020 — Who Should Win (Part Two)

    Welcome to part two of our Oscar picks! Here’s part one if you missed it: Oscars 2020 – Who Should Win? (Part One) Remember, these aren’t the movies that will win, these are the movies that should win. Here are our picks for the most coveted categories of the night…   Best Supporting Actress  …

  • Parasite

    Parasite

    As protests spring up worldwide and economic populism becomes the defining politic of the moment, it was only a matter of time before a film tapped into the zeitgeist. That film is Parasite. The movie, directed by Bong Joon-Ho, nabbed the Palm d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, opened in wide release across the…

  • Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

    Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Oscar season. After a dismal year at the movies, studios have saved their best for last. December boasts the most hopefuls, but November has a trick up its sleeve: a little indie called Lady Bird. Greta Gerwig isn’t a household name, but you’ve seen her before. She’s acted in roles…

  • Mahatma Ghandi and the Christian Call to Social Justice

    Mahatma Ghandi and the Christian Call to Social Justice

    Just yesterday I told my daughter that I loved history in high school, but that I also did terrible in it. I would forget what I studied faster than I could pull out my pencil to write a test. But one thing I will never forget: learning about the Hindu caste system when in the…

  • The Edge of Seventeen / Sing Street / Nocturnal Animals

    The Edge of Seventeen / Sing Street / Nocturnal Animals

    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 The Edge of Seventeen, Sing Street, and Nocturnal Animals.   The…

  • It’s a Wonderful Life

    It’s a Wonderful Life

    If you’re looking to gratify a sense of nostalgia, or if you want to be stimulated by a film that has a good old-fashioned love story, or if you have an itch to see someone stick it to the man and watch an underdog fight the powers-that-be, or if you have a soft spot for…

  • Black Sea

    Black Sea

    “I’m claustrophobic,” declares a character early on in Black Sea.  We grin because we know that phobia will be tested to the limits for both the character and us. Claustrophobia is the main draw of submarine movies.  Few things send shivers down the spine faster than the thought of floating through blackness in a tin…