David Paul Baird is a film critic for The B.C. Catholic, and is assistant professor of theology at Catholic Pacific College.
An introverted adventure through the consciousness of a woman ambiguously represented as either schizophrenic or a modern day shaman, the first season of the Amazon Original series Undone offers a … Continued
It is a peculiar characteristic of our era that we can both learn and forget so quickly. The technological advancements of the information age allow us to be instantly aware … Continued
Everybody mourns in his or her own way, and, the psychologists tell us, according to several discernable stages of grief. Typically not on the list are things like sarcasm, jamming to … Continued
An Amazon original series now streamable on Prime, Tales from the Loop offers a set of loosely interrelated meditations upon ephemerality, the impact of technology, and human vulnerability infused with a … Continued
Now available on Netflix, Paddleton offers a pleasantly quirky, sympathetic portrait of two friends (Ray Romano and Mark Duplass), as one, a terminal cancer patient (Duplass), seeks assisted suicide. Drawing attention … Continued
An unpretentiously tragic tale, Tigertail offers a slow but effective meditation upon the life-derailing power of profoundly misguided priorities. Roughly divided between the youth and late-middle age of a Taiwanese immigrant … Continued
During this (hopefully short-lived) lull in new cinematic releases due to our COVID-induced irregular civic life, it seems a good opportunity to recall some recent quality work that some of … Continued
We are still in the early days of this outbreak, and much about the virus and its impact remains to be seen. As the situation changes almost hourly and reactions … Continued
This year’s Academy Award winner for best documentary feature, American Factory (now on Netflix), chronicles the ups and down of a Chinese industrial facility recently opened in the midwestern city … Continued
With the Academy Awards behind us, cinematic slump season is upon us. Rather than review one of the B-reel releases specially reserved for the week after many who’s whos stop … Continued