A Very Human Performer on a Bigger Than Life Tour
#19: Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
Directors: Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz
I did not see this coming....
When Coming-of-Age Means Coming Out
Film #18: Pariah (2011)
Director: Dee Rees
Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17 year old lesbian who has had a strict Christ...
Documentary Goes Into The Belly Of LA's Early Punk Scene
Film #17: The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Director: Penelope Spheeris
From the fall o...
An Atmospheric Boy-Meets-Undead-Girl Tale
Film #16: Near Dark (1987)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
In 1987 a movie was released about a handsome young man wh...
When You Wish Upon a (Neglected) Star...
An exercise in futility for cinephiles the world over is recalling the first movie you, the obsessive movie fan, e...
"The Past Isn't Dead. It Isn't Even Past."*
Film #14: Stories We Tell (2012)
Director: Sarah Polley
One of the tasks of adulthood is to sort out what we ...
Redemption Is Undermined By Violent Tone
DIRECTED BY ARIEL VROMEN/2016
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent based in London. He’s on his way to meet up ...
A Double Dose Of Dread And Paranoia
I am breaking form this week, covering two movies in one piece. My intention in the beginning of this challenge was to writ...
Melissa McCarthy's Skills Can't Save This Unfunny Mess
“Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” It’s one of those untraceable quotes, attributed variously to everyone ...
Sharon is an experienced writer with her own blog and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's religion blog. A wife and mother to 5 kids, she in on staff with her church and enjoys running, coffee, and good books. A bit of an activist around certain topics (politics, religion, sexuality, gender), Sharon looks to cinema for the empathy and fun it can provide. “I believe art is a gift from a good Creator. Sometimes Christians are suspicious of film, but I find that thoughtful engagement with movies has been a means of personal and spiritual growth for me. I hope my involvement with Zeke helps others to have a similar experience with film!”
