It happens every year. The opening chords of Vince Guaraldi’s “O Tannenbaum” surprise me in a coffee shop or store. Notes dance around like falling snow and...
TV and film
Building a Bridge Directed by Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post (Player Piano Productions, 2021) According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, LGBTQ...
Trees have friends. Trees talk to each other and send over resources when a neighbor is in need. Trees nurture their children. Trees sound the alarm about...
In September 2019, when Peter Nicks started shooting a documentary about the senior class at Oakland High School, he’d already made two award-winning films...
Growing up in Manila, the bustling capital of the Philippines, Precious Blood Brother Antonio D. Sison found a reflective space in the cineplex. “I consider...
Stillwater Directed by Tom McCarthy (Participant, 2021) Stillwater opens to the roar of demolition, a quick montage of heartland decay as Matt Damon’s Bill...
There’s a touching scene toward the end of the new documentary Who Are You, Charlie Brown? where Charles Schulz, the creator of the beloved Peanuts characters...
Sweet Tooth Developed by Jim Mickle (Nightshade, 2021) Kids in cages. A global pandemic that kills millions. Exhausted doctors and caretakers. Fearful people...
Somos. Created by James Schamus (Netflix, 2021) The title sequence of Netflix’s Somos. is a patchwork of black-and-white images of dozens of faces. Without any...
Best Summer Ever (available on Hoopla and to buy or rent on streaming platforms) is a predictable summer film about adolescent yearning and intrigue, an homage...
