E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) – 2
[…] all has come clear and radiant for young Elliott, confessing that “I’ll believe in you all my life, everyday. ET, I love you.” And light is where the film ends, boy and creature, bathed in light, hanging on for a dearer life, as Annie Dillard once put it (“Living Like Weasels”). written by Roy Anker
The Force Awakens (2015) & The Return of the Jedi (1980)
[…] and surrounds every living thing. Close your eyes, feel it, the light. It’s always been there; it will guide you.” To young Rey (Daisy Ridley) she imparts Luke Skywalker’s long-missing light saber, for the Force is strong in her as well, and again the Force has indeed awakened. Parables happen still. written by Roy Anker
Places in the Heart (1984) – 3
[…] reconciled and loved within the lavish care of God, the kingdom made real, the dark glass gone and the Light, the beautiful Light, encompassing all. About this there is no scriptural ambiguity, plain and simple, and it really is the destination of the whole long story. The peace of God. Indeed. written by Roy Anker
Tender Mercies (1983) – 2
[…] world. And wisely Beresford lets the scene go on and on, itself being the point. The theatrical release featured a wordless orchestral piece over the sequence, but the DVD plays a somewhat hokey but still telling country song that points to a portion of the promise of the Kingdom. SEQUENCE: 1:26:52-1:29:30 written by Roy Anker
Tender Mercies (1983) – 1
[…] of something he did not think possible, first Rosa Lee loving him against all odds and sense, and now the return of his child, though troubled she is, given her dissolute, ever-warring parents. Doves come in countless ways to heal heart and bind the soul. SEQUENCE: 58:13-59:14 And amen to that. written by Roy Anker
The Godfather: Part III (1990) – 2
[…] to his old methods just one more time; only once, he reasons. And for that turn once again to murder, albeit of an enemy, he pays a completely immeasurable price, and then all that is left for Michael is to die in the dust of Sicily, the birthplace of Cosa Nostra. written by Roy Anker
The Godfather: Part III (1990) – 1
[…] and he is us, grievous and lost. For him, and for us, there is hope, though it may take awhile to get there, for later in the film Michael does indeed turn, seemingly finally having gotten the hope of redemption, and that too shakes the soul, his and ours (See Redemption). written by Roy Anker
The Innocents (2016)
[…] at least as much as it possibly can upon this ragged, tear-sodden earth. Unimaginably, out of dire darkness has come “love’s pure light” in ways plausible and exultant, for which we all yearn, as does that healer-pilgrim who carries with her always that photographic glimpse of quiet but exultant divine light. written by Roy Anker
The Mission (1986)
[…] “music while the music lasts,” as poet T. S. Eliot put the journey in his stunning Four Quartets (“Dry Salvages,” IV). Though the music may still comprise no more than a “broken hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen), hear the music we must, and hear it again, and be the music. Just ask Gabriel. written by Roy Anker
The Tree of Life (2011) – 1
[…] the far reaches of the ever-strange, ungraspable reality of being alive. For Malick, and for viewers, this becomes a full-throated tale of the wildness of the love that infuses the whole of the biblical story, especially in its emphasis on wonder, beauty, and love as pathways into profound delight and shalom. written by Roy Anker
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