An Alien Messiah's Passion, from Pilate's Perspective
DIRECTED BY ELISEO SUBIELA/1986/SPANISH, WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 13, 2016
Dr. ...
An Action-Thriller of a Political Documentary
#40: Hooligan Sparrow (2016/English and Mandarin, with English subtitles)
Director: Nanfu Wang
Street Date: ...
DIRECTED BY JOSH GORDON, WILL SPECK/2016
I was standing with a group of critics after a screening of Office Christmas Party and was about to share my opi...
The Making and Unmaking of a Moral Monster
DIRECTED BY JAMES MACKENZIE/2016
Lucy is two weeks shy of graduating from her small, prestigiouos Catholic High S...
Defrosting Cinematic Turkeys of Multiple Varieties
As the ZekeFilm contributors turn their attention to notorious cinematic turkeys, I write in defense of bad ...
#39: EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
DIRECTED BY KELLY FREMON CRAIG/2016
High school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) is a mess. She's bright and funny, but also neurot...
Will Their Marriage Survive This Loss?
#38: PARAISO (2013)/Spanish with English subtitltes
Director: Mariana Chenillo
Street Date: November 8, 2016/KINO L...
Julie Taymor Delivers Shakespearean Horror on a Grand Scale
#37: Titus (1999)
Director: Julie Taymor
I watched Titus a few days before Halloween, and my ...
#36: CERTAIN WOMEN
DIRECTED BY KELLY REICHARDT/2016
It took me only a few minutes to fall in love with Certain Women. An early shot of a man and women dre...
Beatles Songs Don't Let Me Down; Overwrought Plot Does
#35: Across the Universe (2007)
Director: Julie Taymor
It was such an ambitious project, this movi...
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!”
