Art, Youth, and Protest in the Arab Spring
#42: As I Open My Eyes (2015/In Tunisian Arabic and French, with English Subtitles)
Director: Leyla Bouzid
DVD R...
The Many Faces of America's Blatantly Diverse Filmmaker
One July morning in 1989, I woke up in my New York apartment to find my roommate Gary chatting excitedl...
A Strong Cast Can't Save Split from M. Night Shyamalan's Self-indulgence
DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN/2017
M. Night Shyamalan is a mixed bag as a writer/di...
Gangster Tale is a Stylish but Bloated Bore
Directed by Ben Affleck/2017
I have never read the novel on which the film Live By Night is based. It was writt...
A Big Year for Small Stories
I saw 63 movies released in the U.S. in 2016, and it wasn't the blockbusters that won me over. Granted, there were some I missed ...
Kirk Douglas at 100: Tough Guys Never Die
Before Bruce Campbell, before Jay Leno, Kirk Douglas wielded the most famous chin in show business. He can also safel...
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!”