Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
Unbroken: The Power of Forgiveness
If you have not read the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, or seen the movie directed by Angelina Jolie, we recommend you do so.…
Category: Movies
Film Comment: A Most Wanted Man (2014); Mary & Max (2009)
These films have two things in common. They depict characters that are marginalized, living on the edge of society bearing secrets that isolate them…
Film comment: Edge of Tomorrow: Live, Die Repeat (2014)
One of the reasons science fiction is a cinematic genre with enormous potential to shape the imaginations of viewers is that it can explore…
Film comment: Rivers and Tides (2001)
One way to think about art is to understand it as an attempt to use human creativity to help us see life and reality…
Film comment: Child of God (2013)
Child of God (1973) is Cormac McCarthy’s most disturbing book, and the film is hard to watch. The story is of Lester Ballard (played…
Detective stories (4): an incorruptible system
The fourth reason detective mysteries are appealing as stories is related to the foundational truth that human existence is meaningless apart from community. We…
Film comment: Lincoln (2012), Waste Land (2010), Traitor (2008)
In terms of genre these three films are very different: Lincolnis a historical drama, Waste Land is a documentary, and Traitor is a spy…
Film Comment: Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Pt. 2
We need to talk Like Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow’s 2008 Oscar winning film, Zero Dark Thirty is a compelling war film, appropriately gritty and…
Film Comment: Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Pt. 1
We need to talk I am not a pacifist. I thought I was one for a few years, but my oldest daughter who was…
Movie comment: Django Unchained (2012)
I went to see this movie without reading any reviews or seeing much about it in the media except that some people (including director…