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September 2013

September 09, 2013

Notes on the Beatitudes

(Again, I'm writing here outside of my usual cultural and entertainment wheelhouse. This is the...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

On Hollywood Finding the Bible Again

It always makes me laugh how mainstream media interviews take so long, but end up...

August 03, 2013

Blessing for Hollywood Artists and Professionals

Tonight, August 3rd, we will inaugurate a new ministry to provide communal prayer, retreats, spiritual...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

On Liberal Ideologues Watching Classic Movies

I resonated with so much of this piece by Joseph Schaeffer. Especially loved this: "Those...

July 24, 2013

“Communicating the Culture of Life: Media and Message Training for Medical Professionals”

Here's an exciting event we are going to be putting on just before the Catholic...

July 22, 2013

The Essential, Non-Negotiable, Necessary Skills for Visual Storytellers

[Here's another blurb for our upcoming book Little Gems: Better 'Notes' on Screenwriting and Storytelling....

July 20, 2013

“A Gospel Spirituality for Creative People”

Please help me get the word out! I'll be giving my talk on "A Gospel...

July 16, 2013

Way, Way Good

The Way, Way Back Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Starring Steve...

July 10, 2013

Becoming Catholic in 34 Weeks…. When You Really Mean It

It's actually encouraging and discouraging both at the same time. Ever since I wrote this,...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Towards a Cultural Solution: A Proposal for The Story Institute

This is what I would do if I won a really big lottery. "A culture...

June 25, 2013

Theme as the Organizing Idea of a Movie

Somebody asked me why I am always harping on bad movies in terms of theme....

June 20, 2013

“Man of Steel” – Movie of Slop

Directed by Zack Syder; Written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan; Starring Henry Cavill,...

June 04, 2013

Why You Don’t “Care About the Characters”

(My business partner at Catharsis, Vicki Peterson, and I, are working on a book of...

June 03, 2013

Bearing Patiently with Longmire (for now)

Longmire (A&E) Exec producer Hunt Baldwin, starring Robert Taylor, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bailey Chase, and...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Not About Movies

I have a long piece up over on the Catholic side of Patheos. It's about...

May 05, 2013

’42’ Makes You Believe in Racists

42 - Written and Directed by Brian Helgeland; Starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford. Rated...

April 2013

April 04, 2013

See Barb in Houston!

See Barb speak! I am very honored to be giving the annual Lee Lecture at...

April 03, 2013

Hollywood Taking on the Church’s Problem With Sexual Abuse

Nikki Finke is reporting that there is a new movie in the works at Dreamworks...

April 01, 2013

Why I Am a Catholic in 200 Words or Less

Patheos asked. So..... I am a Catholic because I have had several undeniable experiences of...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Why All the Fuss?

A protestant friend shared with me yesterday that she was riveted by this conclave. She...

March 05, 2013

“Five Things the Church Can Do to Fix the Culture Fast”

The church, like the world, is currently awash in the banal, the ugly, and the...

March 03, 2013

Amour and Euthanasia: The New Chic

Somebody else is calling Amour what it is: propaganda for euthanasia. Back in the ‘70s...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Oscar’s Impropriety

“In respect of character ….The second thing to aim at is propriety.” (Aristotle, The Poetics,...

February 02, 2013

Oscar Nominated Amour is based on a Nazi Film?

Not that anybody really cares anymore because with a half century of government school moral...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Report from Sundance…. “Way, Way” Great

The Way, Way Back Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Starring Steve Carell,Toni...

January 30, 2013

“So You Think You Have an Idea for a Movie?”

Excuse the moment of shameless self-promotion, but people are always asking me if any of...

January 22, 2013

At Sundance….. Sloppily Stoking Mass Murder?

Stoker Written by Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson Directed by Chan-Wook Park Starring Nicole...

January 12, 2013

Twisted Oscar Amour

The biggest statement of this year's Oscar nominations is the extraordinarily fawning attention being given...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

Attn: Writers: “Crafting Movies That Matter: A Two-Day Conference”

For years, my friends in Hollywood and I have had one main gripe at every...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Sin in Storytelling

My friend Daniel McInerny ("Son of Ralph") has a great piece just out on the...