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Table Talk: Is Hail, Caesar! an Easter Movie?

Anders and Anton work out why they feel that the Coen brothers’ 2016 Hollywood satire, Hail Caesar! might actually be a great movie to watch on Easter weekend.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromApril 18, 2025Table Talk, Easter, Movies for Easter, Coen brothers, George Clooney, comedy, Hollywood, religionComment

Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

The wonderful digital ape characters and a few peaks of world-building cannot cover up the inessential storytelling.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 20, 2024Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wes Ball, Josh Friedman, Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, post-apocalyptic, apes, rescue your family, religion, world building, science fictionComment

Table Talk: Paul Schrader and Hardcore (1979)

Anton and Anders discuss the influences, themes, and merits of Paul Schrader’s second directorial work.

RoundtablesAnton BergstromOctober 1, 2021Paul Schrader, pornography, religion, Neo-noir, Boogie Nights, Taxi Driver, The SearchersComment

TIFF17: First Reformed

Schrader’s new film acts as the culmination of his work as a filmmaker and critic.

TIFF15: The Witch

Revitalizes the conventions of witch-lore for chilling effect.

Review: When Worlds Collide (1951)

Why should we care about a romance when worlds are colliding?

On Seeing Navajo Star Wars

My favourite film defamiliarized.

Religion in American Cinema: God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, and Noah

These movies are a reflection of American Christianity's preoccupations.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromMay 7, 2014America, American Christianity, Christianity, evangelical Christianity, God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, Hollywood, Noah, religion, religious drama, religious film, The Bible Comment

Halloween Horror: Frailty (2001)

A powerful yet neglected work of focused dread.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Halloween Horror IIIAnton BergstromOctober 25, 2013Bill Paxton, Brent Hanley, demons, divine will, Halloween Horror, horror, Jeremy Sumpter, Matt O'Leary, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, psychological horror, psychological thriller, religion, serial killer thrillerComment

A Fractured Epic: DeMille's Dual Vision in Samson and Delilah

DeMille's ambivalence splits his 1949 biblical epic.

Essays, Yesterday's CinemaAnton BergstromMay 12, 2012ambivalence, angela lansbury, biblical epic, cecil b- demille, epic, eroticism, george sanders, hedy lamarr, religion, samson and delilah, victor mature Comments

Thursday Rethink: The Passion is Not a Meaningless Work of Pornographic Violence

Mel Gibson’s controversial film is full of meaningful violence.

Features, Thursday RethinkAnton BergstromApril 5, 2012Christianity, drama, Jesus Christ, Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson, religion, religious drama, The Passion of the Christ, Thursday Rethink, violenceComment