Kenneth Morefield
@kenmorefield.bsky.social
Teacher, film critic, board gamer, Christian, author.
Personal site: http://1morefilmblog.com.
Owner and curator of http://artsandfaith.com
Personal site: http://1morefilmblog.com.
Owner and curator of http://artsandfaith.com
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2025 Top Ten - 1More Film Blog
When I look at my favorite film experiences of 2025, the movies and performances that resonated with me the most powerfully, the common thread I see running through all of them is trauma. I realize th...
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My ten favorite film experiences in 2025:
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The Arts & Faith site is currently voting on Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films Directed by Women. I lobby for Lone Scherfig's AN EDUCATION in this review:
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An Education (Scherfig, 2009) - 1More Film Blog
The Arts & Faith web site has announced that the theme for the 2026 Top 25 "Spiritually Significant" films list will be Women-Directed films. Deliberations are currently underway for over 100 nominate...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The Arts & Faith site is currently voting on Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films Directed by Women. I lobby for Lone Scherfig's AN EDUCATION in this review:
1morefilmblog.com/2026/02/02/a...
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Ursula K. Le Guin died #OTD in 2018.
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin died #OTD in 2018.
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
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The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announces its nominees for the Best of Cinema 2025, recognizing outstanding achievements in filmmaking across narrative, documentary, animated, and technical categories.
See the full list here:
ncfilmcritics.org/reel-thought...
See the full list here:
ncfilmcritics.org/reel-thought...
a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him
ALT: a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him
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January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announces its nominees for the Best of Cinema 2025, recognizing outstanding achievements in filmmaking across narrative, documentary, animated, and technical categories.
See the full list here:
ncfilmcritics.org/reel-thought...
See the full list here:
ncfilmcritics.org/reel-thought...
Frankenstein (2025) artsandfaith.com/frankenstein...
Noel T. Manning, II explains why Frankenstein took the #6 spot on the Arts & Faith jury list of best films of the year for Christians.
Noel T. Manning, II explains why Frankenstein took the #6 spot on the Arts & Faith jury list of best films of the year for Christians.
Frankenstein (2025) - Arts & Faith
When a story has been adapted hundreds of times since 1910—across countless mediums—the obvious question becomes: do we really need another version? Director Guillermo del Toro answers that question w...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Frankenstein (2025) artsandfaith.com/frankenstein...
Noel T. Manning, II explains why Frankenstein took the #6 spot on the Arts & Faith jury list of best films of the year for Christians.
Noel T. Manning, II explains why Frankenstein took the #6 spot on the Arts & Faith jury list of best films of the year for Christians.
Andrew Eisenman sees prayer as topic that ties together some of the most spiritually resonant films of 2025, including the Arts & Faith's jury pick for #5, #ThePhoenicianScheme.
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The Phoenician Scheme - Arts & Faith
Prayer has been at the heart of cinema in 2026 in a way that it usually is not, from Wake-Up Dead Man to Sentimental Value to A Little Prayer. Even Superman, one could argue, as a helpless boy clings ...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Andrew Eisenman sees prayer as topic that ties together some of the most spiritually resonant films of 2025, including the Arts & Faith's jury pick for #5, #ThePhoenicianScheme.
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artsandfaith.com/the-phoenici...
Sentimental Value came in at #9 on this years Arts & Faith jury list for the best films recommended to Christian audiences. Here's Thomas Manning's appreciation:
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Sentimental Value
It is said that a house divided against itself will not stand. In the case of Joachim Trier’s film Sentimental Value, that division is rooted in a father’s (Stellan Skarsgard) emotional and physical d...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Sentimental Value came in at #9 on this years Arts & Faith jury list for the best films recommended to Christian audiences. Here's Thomas Manning's appreciation:
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artsandfaith.com/sentimental-...
What you pretend to believe is a far greater poison to your morals than what you actually believe. Those who are sincere but mistaken may yet turn from wrong to right. Those who who knowingly advocate a false position gradually (then all at once) destroy their capacity to know the difference.
January 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
What you pretend to believe is a far greater poison to your morals than what you actually believe. Those who are sincere but mistaken may yet turn from wrong to right. Those who who knowingly advocate a false position gradually (then all at once) destroy their capacity to know the difference.
Sinners took the #3 spot in the 2025 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury list of the year's best films recommended for Christian audiences. #sinners #ryancoogler.
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And here's a link to Christian Jessup's juror appreciation:
artsandfaith.com/sinners/
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
And here's a link to Christian Jessup's juror appreciation:
artsandfaith.com/sinners/
Sinners - Arts & Faith
Everything in Sinners has a twin. The protagonists, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), are twin brothers. While the characters may not resemble Cain and Abel in spirit, their fates ar...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Sinners took the #3 spot in the 2025 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury list of the year's best films recommended for Christian audiences. #sinners #ryancoogler.
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
And here's a link to Christian Jessup's juror appreciation:
artsandfaith.com/sinners/
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
And here's a link to Christian Jessup's juror appreciation:
artsandfaith.com/sinners/
A new Dardenne film is always a reason to celebrate, even if it is a little rough around the edges.
Young Mothers (Dardenne & Dardenne, 2026) 1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/07/y...
Young Mothers (Dardenne & Dardenne, 2026) 1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/07/y...
Young Mothers (Dardenne & Dardenne, 2026) - 1More Film Blog
When reviewing a new film by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the only pertinent question is whether the frame of reference for judgment will be their other films or something broader. I have screened el...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
A new Dardenne film is always a reason to celebrate, even if it is a little rough around the edges.
Young Mothers (Dardenne & Dardenne, 2026) 1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/07/y...
Young Mothers (Dardenne & Dardenne, 2026) 1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/07/y...
Wake Up Dead Man grabs the #1 spot on the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the year's best films recommended to Christian audiences. Congrats to @rianjohnson.bsky.social
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The Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury -- 2025 - Arts & Faith
This annual Arts & Faith project enters its second decade this year, making it an apt time to summarize its purpose and methodology. The jury attempts to identify ten films released or distributed in ...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Wake Up Dead Man grabs the #1 spot on the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the year's best films recommended to Christian audiences. Congrats to @rianjohnson.bsky.social
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...
I mean, we can all agree that we would much rather have seen Notre Dame lose 38-3 to Indiana, right?
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I mean, we can all agree that we would much rather have seen Notre Dame lose 38-3 to Indiana, right?
My ten favorite film experiences in 2025:
1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/01/2...
1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/01/2...
2025 Top Ten - 1More Film Blog
When I look at my favorite film experiences of 2025, the movies and performances that resonated with me the most powerfully, the common thread I see running through all of them is trauma. I realize th...
1morefilmblog.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My ten favorite film experiences in 2025:
1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/01/2...
1morefilmblog.com/2026/01/01/2...
Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen. Reasonable minds can disagree, of course, but here is the correct answer:
1) Emma
2) Pride and Prejudice
3) Persuasion
4) Mansfield Park
5) Sense and Sensibility
6) Northanger Abbey
1) Emma
2) Pride and Prejudice
3) Persuasion
4) Mansfield Park
5) Sense and Sensibility
6) Northanger Abbey
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen. Reasonable minds can disagree, of course, but here is the correct answer:
1) Emma
2) Pride and Prejudice
3) Persuasion
4) Mansfield Park
5) Sense and Sensibility
6) Northanger Abbey
1) Emma
2) Pride and Prejudice
3) Persuasion
4) Mansfield Park
5) Sense and Sensibility
6) Northanger Abbey
I try to bump this review once a year on the anniversary of Sandy Hook:
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Newtown (Snyder, 2016) - 1More Film Blog
It's never the common elements of these stories that get to you--it's the personal, authenticating details.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I try to bump this review once a year on the anniversary of Sandy Hook:
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Privileged to get a chance to chat with Rebecca Miller about her excellent series, Mr. Scorsese:
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Rebecca Miller Arts & Faith Interview
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November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Privileged to get a chance to chat with Rebecca Miller about her excellent series, Mr. Scorsese:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2D...
The Carpenter’s Son: A New Testament Scholar Discusses Controversial Depiction of Jesus 1morefilmblog.com/2025/11/11/t...
Summary of my interview with Dr. Jennifer Bashaw about the new Jesus film, The Carpenter's Son.
Summary of my interview with Dr. Jennifer Bashaw about the new Jesus film, The Carpenter's Son.
The Carpenter's Son: A New Testament Scholar Discusses Controversial Depiction of Jesus - 1More Film Blog
When I first saw the trailer for The Carpenter's Son, the new film loosely based on Apocryphal Gospel of Thomas, I confess my heart sank a little. I am old enough to have lived through the furor surro...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Carpenter’s Son: A New Testament Scholar Discusses Controversial Depiction of Jesus 1morefilmblog.com/2025/11/11/t...
Summary of my interview with Dr. Jennifer Bashaw about the new Jesus film, The Carpenter's Son.
Summary of my interview with Dr. Jennifer Bashaw about the new Jesus film, The Carpenter's Son.
I was pleased to interview Dr. Jennifer Bashaw, Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Studies, about the new film, The Carpenter's Son:
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Kenneth Morefield interviews Jennifer Bashaw
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I was pleased to interview Dr. Jennifer Bashaw, Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Studies, about the new film, The Carpenter's Son:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0k8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0k8...
Remember, remember the fifth of November...
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Anarchy At The Movies (Part I)
Perhaps the most unfortunate thing about Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold's series of essays that were later collected together as a book, is the title. No matter how many times I tell students--an...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Remember, remember the fifth of November...
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I asked James Vanderbilt how he tried to make Nuremberg a thriller when viewers would know the ending. His answer surprised me...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G6...
James Vanderbilt Arts and Faith Interview Nuremberg
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November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I asked James Vanderbilt how he tried to make Nuremberg a thriller when viewers would know the ending. His answer surprised me...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G6...
Speaking of government waste, the highest paid state employee in Louisiana is set to make $54 million dollars to not coach football.
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Speaking of government waste, the highest paid state employee in Louisiana is set to make $54 million dollars to not coach football.
Stitch Head (Hudson, 2025) 1morefilmblog.com/2025/10/23/s...
Are you ready for monsters? Stitch Head is a little gem in a space -- family friendly movies -- that is too often populated with a lot of slick, empty cartoons.
Are you ready for monsters? Stitch Head is a little gem in a space -- family friendly movies -- that is too often populated with a lot of slick, empty cartoons.
Stitch Head (Hudson, 2025) - 1More Film Blog
The first twenty minutes of Stitch Head is just sublime. In terms of art design, story set-up, and characterization, it is on par with the better Pixar films. The titular tyke is the first creation of...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Stitch Head (Hudson, 2025) 1morefilmblog.com/2025/10/23/s...
Are you ready for monsters? Stitch Head is a little gem in a space -- family friendly movies -- that is too often populated with a lot of slick, empty cartoons.
Are you ready for monsters? Stitch Head is a little gem in a space -- family friendly movies -- that is too often populated with a lot of slick, empty cartoons.
Happy to get a chance to chat with Justin Lin about his new film, Last Days. (Review coming tonight, but the skinny is that I thought it was very good, able to see the moral complexity in John's story and have respect for diverging opinions):
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Kenneth Morefield interviews Justin Lin
YouTube video by Kenneth R. Morefield
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October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Happy to get a chance to chat with Justin Lin about his new film, Last Days. (Review coming tonight, but the skinny is that I thought it was very good, able to see the moral complexity in John's story and have respect for diverging opinions):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27w...
Blue Moon (Linklater, 2025) 1morefilmblog.com/2025/10/18/b...
Seems like most liked this, but I found it tedious and exhausting.
Seems like most liked this, but I found it tedious and exhausting.
Blue Moon (Linklater, 2025) - 1More Film Blog
Blue Moon is a film so dour, so bitter, so devoid of joy or hope or spirit, that even those who praise it have trouble articulating why they are doing so. If you hop on over to the critics' reviews on...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Blue Moon (Linklater, 2025) 1morefilmblog.com/2025/10/18/b...
Seems like most liked this, but I found it tedious and exhausting.
Seems like most liked this, but I found it tedious and exhausting.
I find it a little strange -- but somehow appropriate to their season -- that while scrolling the Internet today, I have seen four commercials letting me know that tickets are available for UNC's football opener against TCU on September 1.
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I find it a little strange -- but somehow appropriate to their season -- that while scrolling the Internet today, I have seen four commercials letting me know that tickets are available for UNC's football opener against TCU on September 1.
Good Fortune (Ansari, 2025) 1morefilmblog.com/2025/10/15/g...
Can't quite stick the landing, but still better than most body-swapping comedies. Keanu for Best Supporting?
Can't quite stick the landing, but still better than most body-swapping comedies. Keanu for Best Supporting?
Good Fortune (Ansari, 2025) - 1More Film Blog
The body-swapping conceit of Good Fortune is tired and overused, but the film's execution of it is so good that it manages to transcend the constraints of recycling a familiar premise. Arj (Aziz Ansar...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Good Fortune (Ansari, 2025) 1morefilmblog.com/2025/10/15/g...
Can't quite stick the landing, but still better than most body-swapping comedies. Keanu for Best Supporting?
Can't quite stick the landing, but still better than most body-swapping comedies. Keanu for Best Supporting?