Overstreet’s Favorite Films of 2022 — Part One: Honorable Mentions
The Academy Awards are about to hand out a bunch of Oscars, and they're going to throw around the…
Is this the “best first film” for very young children?
This Oscar-nominated animated short is a rare wonder that will likely become an early-childhood…
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Favorite Recordings of 2022: #36 – #21
You're likely to find some new favorites here in this wildly diverse list of albums and selected…
Favorite Recordings of 2022: Part One — Honorable Mentions
As I'll need some time to prepare my post on my Top 30 Favorite Recordings of 2022, I hope that…
Twas the season of “comfort food” movies…
A flashback to the '80s: Here's a new reflection on a "comfort food" movie worth revisiting during…
A conversation with Frederick Buechner in my quiet, snowbound house
Wondrous things can happen at Christmastime. And so it was that I found myself in deep conversation…
Overstreet Archives: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Ten years ago, I wrote about The Muppet Christmas Carol for another website, marking the film's…
The Wonder (2022)
On the week that I watched The Wonder , I had a challenging encounter with a stranger that brought…
All-Stars: Steven D. Greydanus and 20+ years of extraordinary writing on film
Star-gazing again, I'm pointing to one of the brightest in the cosmos of criticism: Steven D.…