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May 2016

May 20, 2016

Exclusive: Almost Holy director Steve Hoover on his film, about a Ukrainian pastor who “kidnaps” drug-addicted youth

Hoover set out to make a film about an unusual pastor. He didn't expect to...

May 18, 2016

Did a Young Messiah poll find that most Americans think Jesus was a socialist who would vote for Bernie Sanders?

The people behind The Young Messiah say it isn't a political movie, but they sponsored...

May 17, 2016

Review: X-Men: Apocalypse (dir. Bryan Singer, 2016)

As befits a film with the word “Apocalypse” in its title, there is a lot...

May 16, 2016

Russell Crowe still supports Darren Aronofsky’s Noah

It has been two years since the film came out, and the controversies it engendered...

May 15, 2016

Box office: Captain America continues to surge at home and abroad, while Last Days in the Desert has a so-so opening

Last Days in the Desert had the lowest per-screen average of any Bible film released...

May 15, 2016

Last Days in the Desert: the final interview round-up

Writer-director Rodrigo Garcia addresses the question of "historical accuracy", plus our first interview with Ciaran...

May 13, 2016

Review: Last Days in the Desert (dir. Rodrigo García, 2015)

It’s not easy to strike a balance between human familiarity and divine mystery in the...

May 12, 2016

Watch: A new clip, a soundtrack preview, and B-roll footage from Last Days in the Desert; plus new interviews

In one interview, writer-director Rodrigo Garcia reveals that some footage may have been deleted from...

May 11, 2016

Prophet Joseph — episodes seven and eight

Among other things, an angel visits Joseph in the well -- and plays a direct...

May 11, 2016

Watch: Satan tells Jesus God’s plan is “repetitive” in a clip from Last Days in the Desert; plus new interviews

Among other things, writer-director Rodrigo Garcia says he is happy that reporters covering the film...

May 10, 2016

Are the actors who play Jesus getting older?

For most of Hollywood history, Jesus has been played by actors in their 30s. This...

May 10, 2016

Watch: The first trailer for Queen of Katwe, starring Selma’s David Oyelowo as a chess-teaching missionary

Oyelowo plays Robert Katende, who helped a poor Ugandan girl named Phiona Mutesi become an...

May 10, 2016

Risen — a round-up of my top posts on the film

The film, which depicts the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus from a skeptical Roman's point...

May 09, 2016

Watch: Three new clips from Last Days in the Desert

Plus: some new interviews with director Rodrigo Garcia, co-stars Ewan McGregor and Tye Sheridan, and...

May 08, 2016

Box office: Captain America has the fifth-best opening ever

Plus: Zootopia is now the sixth-highest-grossing animated film worldwide, and Miracles from Heaven is the...

May 06, 2016

Prophet Joseph — episodes five and six

In which Joseph's brothers finally turn against him -- with a little prodding from Satan...

May 05, 2016

Mel Gibson’s conscientious-objector movie gets an awards season release date, while The Shack moves to Lent

Hacksaw Ridge tells the true story of a Seventh-Day Adventist who became the first conscientious...

May 04, 2016

Watch: Jesus has a fireside chat with Tye Sheridan in a new clip from Last Days in the Desert; plus new interviews

Writer-director Rodrigo Garcia says he thought about making this an all-Israeli or all-Mexican film, before...

May 03, 2016

George Miller’s version of Contact would have been “much more ambitious intellectually,” says one of its writers

One of the screenwriters talks about how he used his "Jesuit connections" while working on...

May 02, 2016

Watch: Jesus meets Ciaran Hinds in the first clip from Last Days in the Desert; plus new photos and interviews

Ewan McGregor talks some more about playing both Jesus and Satan, and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki...

May 02, 2016

A new poster for Ben-Hur appeals to the Hispanic audience

This is at least the fourth version of the Jesus story in as many years...

May 01, 2016

Box office: Disney rules the box office with The Jungle Book in North America and Captain America overseas

Meanwhile, Zootopia -- another Disney release -- became the seventh animated film to gross over...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Religious motifs in the upcoming Alien and X-Men movies

A photo from one film hints at the Old Testament, while a clip from the...

April 28, 2016

Watch: A better look at the Devil (and a few spoilers?) in a longer version of the Last Days in the Desert featurette

Plus: excerpts from a new interview with Ewan McGregor about the religious inspiration for the...

April 27, 2016

Of Kings and Prophets is still on the air in some countries

The series, cancelled in North America after just two episodes, lives on in Russia and...

April 26, 2016

The outfit behind Silence and the last couple of Malick films acquires the rights to Mark Millar’s American Jesus

American Jesus author Mark Millar wrote the comics that Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service...

April 26, 2016

A brief update on the The Young Messiah Blu-Ray release

The film comes to Digital HD May 24 and to DVD and Blu-Ray June 14.

April 26, 2016

Watch: The director and co-stars of Last Days in the Desert discuss the film’s themes in a new featurette

Director Rodrigo Garcia and co-stars Ewan McGregor, Ciaran Hinds and Ayelet Zurer talk about fathers,...

April 26, 2016

Prophet Joseph — episodes three and four

The third and fourth episodes in this Muslim TV series focus on how Joseph was...

April 25, 2016

Ben-Hur: a new photo and a couple new soundbites

Jack Huston talks about working with Morgan Freeman, and other things.