Review: Prisoners

In Prisoners, "What can you live with” is poignantly painted against “what you can’t live without” on the emotionally raw canvas of a father’s heart.

World / CultureEthan BoltonOctober 24, 2019film, cinema, review, prisoners, justice, truth, crime, children, child

Review: Eighth Grade

The movie Eighth Grade is both a product of our times and a timeless tribute to one of the most trying phases of life: the edge of middle school adolescence.

Art, World / CultureEthan BoltonMarch 21, 2019film, review, cinema, culture, eighth grade, adolescence, middle school, movie, empathy, children, child, teenager

Review: First Reformed

This is the gripping story of the tormented Reverent Ernst Toller, shepherd to the dwindling “tourist church” called First Reformed.

World / CultureEthan BoltonOctober 11, 2018cinema, Movie, film, review, first reformed, despair, hope, ending, spiritual, mystery

Review: The Ballad of Lefty Brown

Engaging with culture through the miry, messy Western.

World / CultureEthan BoltonJuly 24, 2018western, a24, film, cinema, movie, review, ballad, lefty, brown