November 2016 Journal

The November 2016 issue of Visual Parables features reviews on Hacksaw Ridge, Queen of Katwe, Birth of a Nation, 13th, The People vs. Fritz Bauer, American Money, Denial, Max Rose, The Accountant, Middle School: Worst Years, Miss Hokusai, The Dressmaker, and more.

Finding Spiritual Values in Oscar’s “Best Pictures”

Courtesy of the Presbyterian News Service Each year the Academy for Motion Pictures and Sciences nominates five to ten films for the “Best Picture” category. I wish that it were a full ten this year, with the addition of Martin Scorcese’s haunting Silence rounding out the number. This well-filmed story, based on the terrible persecution …