Hard TimesRating: 7.5/10 Introduction: A Story of Struggle Without a Hero Hard Times, directed by Wang Bing, isn’t the kind of film you put on casually. At nearly four hours long, it’s not trying to make you comfortable or entertain you. Instead, it’s meant to make you sit with discomfort, feel every ounce of struggle…
Rating: 9/10 Some films have this way of moving beyond the screen and taking root in your mind. Blink is one of those rare ones—a National Geographic gem that seems to reach deep inside you, stirring emotions you didn’t know were there and making you question what you thought you understood about life’s impermanence. To…
Imagine a time capsule cracked open, but instead of musty relics, it pours out notes, harmonies, and soul-shaking crescendos. Amazing Grace is that film, the one that pulls you back to 1972 and plants you in a small church in Los Angeles, heart racing, eyes wide, hands gripping the pew in front of you. It’s…
Have you ever wondered what it would look like if people just kept going despite all the barriers stacked against them? The documentary The Bending Arc, directed by Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos, digs deep into that very idea—showing how ordinary individuals, through sheer commitment and a belief in human dignity, can slowly, steadily tilt…
You don’t stumble upon a film like Four Daughters every day. It isn’t merely a documentary, nor is it purely a work of fiction. It’s a blend of personal testimony and reenactment, a unique approach that takes you on a deeply emotional and thought-provoking journey. But from a Christian lens, this film evokes much more…
There’s something undeniably magnetic about Knock Down the House—a documentary that’s less about politics and more about persistence, grit, and the raw power of a united community. Directed by Rachel Lears, this film centers on four remarkable women, each determined to break through the suffocating barriers of a political system they believe fails the people….
When we talk about history, we like to think of it as something fixed and set in stone, something immutable that you can read about in a book, then put back on the shelf and never think about again. But Margaret Brown’s Descendant shatters that illusion, making it painfully clear that history isn’t a neatly…
Ever had something ripped from your hands—something you didn’t just want to create but had to, a piece of your soul you slaved over, only to see it slip into someone else’s grasp and vanish? That’s the nightmare Shirkers drops you into. It’s a documentary by Sandi Tan, a director who lost her own film,…
Death. There’s no topic more sobering, no reality more unavoidable. It’s the shared destination we all reach someday. But what if we could face it with a smile—or at least with a wry grin? That’s what Kirsten Johnson’s documentary, Dick Johnson Is Dead, tries to do. It’s not your typical film about death. It’s a…
I recently watched Errol Morris’s documentary Separated, and I have to tell you, it was not an easy experience. This film doesn’t just ask for your attention—it demands it. It forces you to sit in the uncomfortable reality of what has been done to some of the most vulnerable people in the name of political…
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