On the Waterfront is a hopelessly dated movie. It’s in black and white (and grey). With the exception of Eva Marie Saint, all of the principal actors are deceased. The soundtrack is definitely from another era. You’ll have a tough time trying to sell it to anyone at your house on movie night. So if you do try, be prepared forContinue reading “Christ On The Waterfront (On The Waterfront)”
Category Archives: At the Movies
Checked Your Anchor Lately (Hereafter)
What happens after we die? Is there anyone who isn’t interested in this question? And, is there anything definitive that can be said or do we just have to wait and see what happens? For most of us, this is one of those areas where we have many more questions than answers. Part of the human conditionContinue reading “Checked Your Anchor Lately (Hereafter)”
Celebrating True Adventure (We Bought A Zoo)
Disappointments are measured in terms of expectations. I didn’t expect a lot out of We Bought a Zoo, so I was pleasantly surprised at how charming this family movie turned out to be. It’s totally over the top, like Disney’s Enchanted of a few years ago (though in its own way), but since it makes no pretense of being anythingContinue reading “Celebrating True Adventure (We Bought A Zoo)”
Believes All Things (The Miracle Worker)
Michael Gerson wrote of the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” His phrasing is as subtle and nuanced as the offense itself and reminded me of a visit our family made several years ago to Ivy Green, the birthplace and childhood home of Helen Keller. In the summers, William Gibson’s play, The Miracle Worker, is performed atContinue reading “Believes All Things (The Miracle Worker)”
Bearing The Suffering Of Others (Dunkirk)
Dunkirk is Christopher Nolan’s latest offering and it’s quite compelling. As with most of what he’s done (Memento, Inception, Interstellar), there are some interesting creative choices that have been made. There is little attempt to present the events of Dunkirk on the grand scale that it was (more than 300,000 troops were rescued by over 800 civilianContinue reading “Bearing The Suffering Of Others (Dunkirk)”
Be A Blessing (Schindler’s List)
God appears to Abraham and makes some remarkable promises to him. In Genesis 12:2-3,7, we read that God will: make him a great nation, bless him, making his name great, bless those who bless him, curse those who curse him, give him a land. An impressive list, don’t you think? But in the midst of all ofContinue reading “Be A Blessing (Schindler’s List)”
Atonement (Atonement)
Briony Tallis has it in her to be a writer of fiction at a very young age. She is intense, imaginative, and has just completed her first play, The Trials of Arabella, which was about, what else?—“the complications of love.” After all, she is thirteen and has a crush on her sister Cecilia’s suitor, Robbie. Nonetheless, all of theseContinue reading “Atonement (Atonement)”
A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green 