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The Tree of Life: My First Impressions

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Jeffrey Overstreet

09 Jun 2011
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Terrence Malick • Good Letters • The Tree of Life


My first-impression thoughts on The Tree of Life are posted at Image's blog - Good Letters. ...

  • Part One: "Did You Like It?"
  • Part Two: A Storm of Poetry
The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

In memoriam: Luci N. Shaw, 1928–2025.
10 Jan 2026 12 min read
Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

An update regarding my recent absence, and a resolution — despite my soul’s fatigue — to keep on keepin’ on.
10 Jan 2026 3 min read
First (and second) impressions of Sinners

First (and second) impressions of Sinners

Sinners is a film of two halves: daytime and nighttime. The first half is colorful, epic, and full of surprises; the second is shadowy, violent . . . and disappointing.
31 Dec 2025 13 min read
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