FILM REVIEWS — C, D, E

The Cabin in the Woods (2012): review
Cabrini (2024): review
Calvary (2014): an Overstreet Film Forum
Cameraperson (2016): review
Cars 2 (2011): review
Casa de Mi Padre (2012): review
Catwoman (2004) : annotated flashback review
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010): Good Letters post — “Stories from Before We Can Remember, Part One”
Certified Copy (2010): Good Letters post, “Original or Copy?”
Challengers (2024): review
Chariots of Fire (1981): Good Letters post, “To Run and Not Grow Weary,” Part 1, Part 2
Children of Men (2006): review and Film Forum coverage
The Christophers (2026): review
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) – a review in Christianity Today, and a review in Response magazine
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008): commentary and Film Forum
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010): Good Letters post, “Dawn Treader: Off Course and Adrift”
Chungking Express (1994): a few brief thoughts
Civil War (2024): review at Current
The Class (2009) – reviewed alongside To Be and To Have (2002)
The Clearing (2004): review
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962): a review with some personal reflections
Close (2023): review
Closer (2004): review
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) : annotated flashback review
Collateral (2004): review
Compliance (2012) – commentary: “Why I walked out of Craig Zobel’s film Compliance”
Constantine (2005): a look back at the press junket, the original Christianity Today review, and the Film Forum; interviews with the cast and crew
Contagion (2011): review originally published at Filmwell; republished at The Other Journal
Conviction (2010): review
Coraline (2009): review originally published as Part One of a two-part piece called “Neil Gaiman’s Girls” at Good Letters
The Counselor (2013)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
The Courier (2021)
Cowboys (2021)
Crash (2005)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Daddio (2024): review
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) – A film forum review
Days of Heaven (1978): full review; capsule review for Arts & Faith
Dead Poet’s Society (1989): a few thoughts about the opening moments; revisited and reviewed; a full chapter reflection in the upcoming Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema (Broadleaf Books, May 2026)
Didi (2024): review
Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
The Departed (2006)
Departures (2008)
Devi (1960)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
The Dish (2000): review
Distant (2002)
Django Unchained (2012): Christianity Today commentary “Blaze of Gory”
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Do the Right Thing (1989): a full chapter reflection in the upcoming Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema (Broadleaf Books, May 2026)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022): some first impressions
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Dogville (2003)
Don’t Think Twice (2016)
Doubt (2008)
The Drama (2026): review
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Dream Scenario (2023): review
Drive (2011)
The Duke (2022)
Duma (2005) – guest review
Dune (2021)
Dunkirk (2017)
Earth Mama (2023): included in the 2023 Favorites list
Eastern Promises (2007)
The Edukators (2004) – A Guest Review by J. Robert Parks
Eephus (2025): review
The Eight Mountains (2023): review
El Dorado (2008)
El Sur (1983)
Elf (2003)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Emergency (2022)
The Emperor’s New Groove (2000): flashback review
The End of the Affair (1999)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Enys Men (2023): review
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): flashback review
- A conversation with Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Evening (2007)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) : review; included in the 2022 Top Ten List
Exodus: Gods and King (2014)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005): a review and an interview with Scott Derrickson
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
Extra Ordinary (2020)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele de Blanc-Sec (2010/2013)