The Oscar nominees for 2019 will be announced today, which prompts this confession: I have a love/hate relationship with film awards. On the one hand, art shouldn't be a popularity contest or a game to win; on the other hand, I *love* cinema, so anything highlighting film … [Read more...] about The 2019 Cinemayward Oscars
Essays
Transpositions – Truly Unconventional Christmas Films for the Bleak Midwinter
I'm an associate editor for Transpositions, the online journal for ITIA, where I recently wrote on four very unconventional Christmas films from a theological perspective: The traditional popular Christmas film is typically full of holiday joy and good cheer, as exemplified by … [Read more...] about Transpositions – Truly Unconventional Christmas Films for the Bleak Midwinter
Transpositions – Motion Pictures, Mary Magdalene, and #MeToo
For Transpositions, I recently wrote on Garth Davis' 2018 film Mary Magdalene, the #MeToo movement, and the filmic depictions of Mary Magdalene throughout cinematic history: I find it sadly ironic that Garth Davis’s exquisite 2018 film Mary Magdalene became an unexpected … [Read more...] about Transpositions – Motion Pictures, Mary Magdalene, and #MeToo
The 2018 Cinemayward Oscars
Every year, the Academy Awards get some things wonderfully right (La La Land! Moonlight!) and some things horribly wrong (La La Land? No, Moonlight!). Though Crash beating Brokeback Mountain in 2006 is often the most cited Worst Best Picture win of recent years, I am still … [Read more...] about The 2018 Cinemayward Oscars
Writing at Transpositions – Aronofsky’s mother! and Cinematic Parables
I recently wrote a piece for Transpositions on the genre of parable as it relates to Darren Aronofsky's recent horror allegory, mother!, as well as the Dardennes' The Unknown Girl: In film critic circles—particularly film critics of a religious persuasion—the term ‘parable’ … [Read more...] about Writing at Transpositions – Aronofsky’s mother! and Cinematic Parables