David Paul Baird is a film critic for The B.C. Catholic, and is assistant professor of theology at Catholic Pacific College.
I can happily recommend this week a funny little gem of a movie, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Probably not quite like anything you’ve seen, novelty is only one … Continued
Essayist Samuel Johnson writes that the use of travel is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of how thinking about things may be, to see them as they are. … Continued
Like a discount brand or the best kind of knockoff –no one would mistake it for the original, but it will do in a pinch to expand the menu or … Continued
I am going to go out on a limb and recommend to readers who like a challenge Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film, The Sacrifice (1986). It is perhaps the most formally … Continued
Every once in a while I am frankly bewildered by the general reception of a movie. Top Gun: Maverick is one of those times. Currently sitting plump and glossy with a … Continued
This week I commend to your attention a challenging film from the Vatican list of recommended movies, Monsieur Vincent, a 1947 French production which provides some instructive insights into the … Continued
As the awards season wraps up and studios start unfurling their back catalogues of frothy second-tier offerings, it is a good time to dig into the archives for something a … Continued
If you do not have a strategy for dealing with a certain degree of oddity and obscenity in your cinema, this one is probably not for you. But for viewers … Continued
This week I can heartily recommend another entry on the Vatican list of notable films, The Leopard (Il Gattopardo in Italian), and its sumptuous glances into the lives of an aristocratic … Continued
To my surprise, I found the latest reboot of a long-standing DC Comics franchise a pretty enjoyable watch. This is in no small measure thanks to the decision to make … Continued