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Decent Films

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My favorite film critic's top 10 of 2016

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My favorite film critic's top 10 of 2016

Steven Greydanus of Decent Films and The National Catholic Register has published his Top 10 films of 2016. It's definitely worth your attention. But of course it is — he's my favorite film critic. And now I'm frustrated that I haven't finished and

Birthday Party on Bald Mountain

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Birthday Party on Bald Mountain

75 years ago today, Disney's Fantasia — directed by Norman Ferguson — opened. It was the first of its kind in many ways, most notably in that it was the first film presented in stereophonic sound (a speaker was positioned, with others on either side of it). And it remains

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Decent Films Reviews Red Riding Hood

This morning, Brandon Fibbs posted this note on Facebook: Red Riding Hood That should be all you need to know. But if you want something more thoughtful, Steven Greydanus reviews Red Riding Hood today at Decent Films. I decided right away to avoid this film. The trailer borrowed so heavily

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Decent Films on "New Moon"

I don't plan to spend any pennies on The Twilight Saga: New Moon after the living nightmare that was the sneak-preview screening of Twilight. So I refer you to the critic I trust most... Steven Greydanus - Decent Films: Twilight and New Moon are essentially uncritical celebrations of

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The Reviews of Steven D. Greydanus

Movie critics (and this includes me) are too easily tempted into being snarky, sarcastic, and arrogant. We rush to be the first to call things "the best" this, and "the most" that, and the ___________ of the year, and the __________ to beat in 2009, and a _____________ like

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Critic of the Month

For the month of May, the spotlight falls on STEVEN D. GREYDANUS. Steven is, I think, the closest thing to a Roger Ebert in Christian film criticism. His reviews have a strength and a confidence to them; he speaks with authority, experience, eloquence, and a penetrating intellect. From time to