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Category Archives: Movies
Why I Believe in God
A commentary on Woody Allen’s “Match Point” [note: this essay contains spoilers for "Match Point"] Spin. In today’s culture, all information is spun. It doesn’t matter what the facts actually are, whether they support or refute your argument; you can … Continue reading
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Reactionary people without critical thinking skills
Last week, Jeffrey Overstreet quoted part of an interview with Sara Zarr, a finalist for the National Book Award this year for her first novel, “Story of a Girl”. When asked why she didn’t make her book safe and inoffensive, … Continue reading
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God would prefer movies to be…
After my recent post about “christian movies” and the importance of letting art be art, it was with interest that I read this quote a couple weeks ago by Rich Christiano from the recent National Religious Broadcasters convention. “I think … Continue reading
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April Fools
If April Fools day were today, this would be the perfect news announcement. Unfortunately, we’re still in February. Producer Ralph Winter was just interviewed by Robin Parrish of Infuze Magazine, and after talking about the new Fantastic Four movie that … Continue reading
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“Christian movies” / Let Art Be Art
The Last Sin Eater is the newest film from FoxFaith to hit theatres. I’ve come across two different reviews so far that both point out one of the biggest problems of “christian movies”, the reason why most of them struggle … Continue reading
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CT: The 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2006
Christianity Today just posted their annual list of what they deem the “most redeeming films” of the year. Here is their list for 2006: Continue reading
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Classic Films
One of the things that I love about Nashville is the Belcourt Theatre, a non-profit venue dedicated to showing independent and classic films and concerts. Last year, I saw films there ranging from Kubrick’s classic A Clockwork Orange to Tsotsi, … Continue reading
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How to hate a stranger
One of the best songs I’ve heard recently on the radio is the Dixie Chicks Not Ready to Make Nice (which just received Grammy nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Country Performance By a … Continue reading
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Aronofsky’s The Fountain
Darren Aronofsky’s first film, π (Pi), one of my all-time favorite films, raises the question “Can we know and understand God, and if we could, what would happen to us?”. His second film, Requiem for a Dream, looks closely and … Continue reading
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Judging a film
Mark Moring, from christianitytoday.com, recently interviewed director Richard Dutcher about his films, focusing on how his background in the Mormon community affects his work. Dutcher made a comment I found interesting about how the Mormon community judges films (change Mormon … Continue reading
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