A Story that Needs to be Told I love good stories. Sitting in a rocking chair on my grandmother’s front porch on a hot…
Lost Sparrow (Chris Billing, 2009)
Chris Billing is an unassuming man, a journalist and documentarian who cares enough for the truth that he is willing to pursue it even…
Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
Reality Revisited Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.…
Youth In Revolt (Miguel Arteta, 2010)
Based on the irreverent coming-of-age novel by C. D. Payne and directed by Miguel Arteta, Youth in Revolt doesn’t begin there—with the revolt. Instead…
A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009)
Laughing with the Devil The devils laughs because God’s world seems senseless to him; the angel laughs with joy because everything in God’s world…
Avatar: A Reflection (James Cameron, 2009)
I See You: Reflections on Avatar—And the Importance of People and Place Putting on 3-D glasses so that I could “see” the story of…
Avatar: A Review (James Cameron, 2009)
To See or Not to See Avatar: A Movie Review Why, perhaps, you should see Avatar I know all the good reasons not to.…
Reign Over Me (Mike Binder, 2007)
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. (Journalist Jan Glidewell)…
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008)
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 2007)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008)
How Stories End If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.-Groucho Marx Three very different movies…
Away We Go (Sam Mendes, 2009)
Co-written by Dave Eggers. Away We Go. Yup, co-writer on top. That was what the big block letters read on the marquee at the…