“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” – Tao Te Ching The concept of religion never quite seemed like a casual topic of conversation, but it has grown to be quite the sticky wicket. It often seems that around… Read More ›
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Everything you thought you knew about the “Realm of Satan” is on display, making you question whether the film is fact or farce. [The Overlook Film Festival]
“For the uninvited, there is much to fear.” – Sign posted above the entrance to a home in Realm of Satan. For all of human existence, where there wasn’t an explanation before them, one was created. Myths become legends which… Read More ›
“The Baby Daddy (ארי והזרע הקדוש)” avoids agenda in presenting a situation with many variations of consideration. [Santa Barbara International Film Festival]
Parenting is not for the weak. – Douglas Davidson, father of two. There’s a growing trend right now with birth rates in the U.S. dropping compared to previous generations. According to a March 2021 CDC report, as of 2019, birth… Read More ›
Documentarian Rodney Ascher’s “A Glitch in the Matrix” explores the mystery of Simulation Theory. [Sundance Film Festival]
It is no longer a question of imitation, nor duplication, nor even parody. It is a question of substituting the signs of the real for the real, that is to say of an operation of deterring every real process via… Read More ›
Feminist folktale horror film “The Other Lamb” is resonant and memorable, but loses itself in symbolism.
If Céline Sciamma’s recently-released Portrait of a Lady on Fire paints a picture of female community and camaraderie at its best, honing in on the lives of women as they create space for each other outside of patriarchal society, then… Read More ›