Little Amélie or the Character of Rain First impressions of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain In a year that hasn't been particularly exciting for animation, Little Amélie is a memorable standout.
Interviews From the archives: a conversation with Don and Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission Look what I found! An interview with one of my favorite bands that is now (checks notes) almost 25 years old.
Netflix It's not too late: Ava DuVernay's 13th is shock treatment for America's conscience From the Looking Closer Archives: Here's my original review of Ava Duvernay's astonishing Netflix documentary, which I originally wrote for Christianity Today.
Alex Garland In 2003, 28 Days Later revitalized a genre, cautioned us about viruses and rage, and divided Christian film critics From the archives at Looking Closer, here's my original review of 28 Days Later, along with reactions from critics I quoted in my Film Forum column at that time.
Silence Silence According to Scorsese: an interview from the Looking Closer archives As Fr. James Martin has just published a new interview with Martin Scorsese about his faith, I thought it a good time to revisit my own 2017 conversation with the director of Silence.
Steve McQueen Only twelve years ago, 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the Oscars My notes on this film were originally published at Looking Closer on November 2, 2013. It's time to republish them.
Satire Galaxy Quest (1999) More than a quarter-century later, this Star Trek spoof remains a gold standard for sci-fi satire. With the announcement of a new Star Wars spoof, maybe it's time to remember what's possible
Harvey Weinstein All the Pretty Horses (2000) For 25 years, I've wanted to see a movie that Harvey Weinstein destroyed. Here are my original notes on the wreckage of Billy Bob Thornton's Cormac McCarthy adaptation, and dismaying footnote.
Django Unchained Blaze of Gory: Overstreet's Christianity Today commentary on Django Unchained One from the archive: Here's the commentary that Christianity Today editors asked me to write in 2013.
J.J. Abrams 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) From the archives at LookingCloser.org, here's my original 2016 review of a thriller that I saw on a memorably surprising night as I celebrated my completion of my MFA in creative writing.
Hellboy What do you do when you're a Hellboy fan and you're assigned to write about it for readers of Christianity Today?
