Decent Films
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Film Appreciation and criticism informed by the Christian faith. Decent Films is the online home of the film writing of Steven D. Greydanus.
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1w ago
A question worth asking of a story, then, is: “Is there room for God in this story, in this world ..read more
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1w ago
Sometimes it seems like the universe is sending you a message. In the MCU, the calls are coming from inside the house ..read more
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2w ago
Is it possible to tell meaningful stories in a multiverse premise? Or does the multiverse idea tend toward nihilism ..read more
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1M ago
The Fury Road prequel is a satisfying return to the world of the demented 2015 film—but there were two missed opportunities, relating to Immortan Joe’s Wives and Furiosa’s revenge ..read more
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1M ago
Is there no hope? This desperate question hangs over the previous film in the saga, Miller’s 2015 extravaganza Mad Max: Fury Road. Now, the same question haunts Furiosa, an epic origin-story prequel for Fury Road’s stealth protagonist, Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa ..read more
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2M ago
Wildcat bills itself as “based on short stories by Flannery O’Connor,” though it could equally be said to be based on O’Connor’s letters (the source for much of Flannery’s dialogue) and her prayer journal (used to depict her prayer life in earnest voiceovers ..read more
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3M ago
In which I chat with the editor of a collection of essays about the Arts & Faith Top 100 films about my contribution to the book ..read more
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4M ago
Does the movie “secularize a saint”? Reckoning with the curious dearth of God talk and overt religiosity in this faith-based biopic about the founder of a religious community ..read more
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4M ago
What kind of world do we want, and what will we do to achieve it? Those are the questions with which Alejandro Monteverdi’s Cabrini leaves us at the end of its 140 minutes. The questions land harder after the story we’ve seen ..read more
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5M ago
There’s something bracing about a blockbuster epic in 2024 that doesn’t care what you think of it, that is primarily concerned with being the best possible version of itself ..read more