New Space Horror Tale is Fun but Formulaic
DIRECTED BY DANIEL ESPINOSA/2017
We have been here before. This small, isolated crew of scientists, techies, and...
Gotta Dance!
42nd STREET (1933)
I've chosen to spotlight movie musicals this March, a subject as big and broad and boisterous as the classic era of Hollywo...
Inspirational Documentary is Small, But Not That Good
#47: A SMALL GOOD THING (2015)
DIRECTOR: PAMELA TANNER BOLL
DVD RELEASE DATE: MARCH 14, 2017/KINO LO...
Penelope Spheeris Turns Her Camera on Punk's Lost Children
#46: THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III/1998
DIRECTOR: PENELOPE SPHEERIS
Last spring I re...
The Greatest Pioneering Filmmaker You've Never Heard Of
#45: Short Films Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
Cabbage Fairy - 1896
At the Hypnotist/The Burglers - 1...
A Screwball Comedy for the Postmodern Set
#44: MAGGIE'S PLAN/2016
DIRECTED BY REBECCA MILLER
I was watching an old screwball comedy last week, My Favorite...
STEAMBOAT BILL JR.: DIRECTED BY CHARLES REISNER/1928
COLLEGE: DIRECTED BY JAMES W. HOME/1927
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2017/KINO LORBER CLASSICS
Each ...
Love in Defiance of Politics and Tradition
#43: A UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECTED BY AMMA ASANTE/2017
When history is taught well it's not simply about names and ...
Shirley MacLaine is Lucky in Money but Unlucky in Love
DIRECTED BY: J. LEE THOMPSON/1964
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 7, 2017/ KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
Pro...
This Family Needs a Little Peace, Love, and GWAR
DIRECTED BY: ZACK CLARK/2016
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 7 2017/KINO LORBER
What would it be like if Ally Sh...
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!”