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March 2017

March 21, 2017

Box office: Beauty and the Beast has the sixth-best opening of all time, while The Shack cracks the “faith-based” Top 10

Beauty and the Beast had the best first weekend of any film that its director...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Fan-made Star Wars trailer taps Ewan McGregor’s Jesus

An enterprising Star Wars fan has taken advantage of the fact that Ewan McGregor has...

May 2016

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 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

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 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 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 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...

April 2016

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 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 11, 2016

Watch: Last Days in the Desert star Ewan McGregor invites you to an evening of film, music and conversation

The special screenings will take place in a dozen American cities on May 12.

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Watch: Ewan McGregor plays Jesus and the Devil in the first trailer for Last Days in the Desert

The film, which premiered at Sundance last year, opens in May of this year.

December 2015

December 26, 2015

How many Star Wars actors have also been in Bible movies?

Actors from Episodes I, V and VII have played Jesus, actresses from Episodes I and...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Ewan McGregor’s Jesus-and-Satan movie goes to Scotland

Plus: It's fun to see how the same interview with Ewan McGregor can be quoted...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Last Days in the Desert: the Sundance round-up

Interviews with the filmmakers and reviews of the film about Jesus and Satan, which premiered...

January 12, 2015

Christianity Today speaks to the director and star of the indie Jesus film Last Days in the Desert

Rodrigo Garcia got Ewan McGregor to play both Jesus and Satan as two "children of...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

More pics from the Jesus/Satan film Last Days in the Desert

Photos of Ciaran Hinds, Ayelet Zurer and Tye Sheridan as a "family in crisis", plus...

December 10, 2014

Ewan McGregor on playing Jesus — or, rather, Yeshua — and the Devil in Last Days in the Desert

The former Obi-Wan Kenobi says he's playing Jesus as a man who's "trying to speak...

December 08, 2014

Ewan McGregor plays Jesus and the Devil in Last Days in the Desert, premiering next month at Sundance

The film is set during Jesus' 40 days of fasting and prayer in the wilderness.

May 2009

May 15, 2009

Review: Angels & Demons (dir. Ron Howard, 2009)

It may have been boring and heretical, but the film version of The Da Vinci...

October 2005

October 21, 2005

Review: Stay (dir. Marc Forster, 2005)

There are movies that pull the rug out from under their audiences in the very...

July 2005

July 22, 2005

Review: The Island (dir. Michael Bay, 2005)

The Island is a movie about clones, and so it comes as no surprise that...

May 2005

May 19, 2005

Review: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (dir. George Lucas, 2005)

FIRST, praise where praise is due. The special effects in Star Wars: Episode III -...

January 2002

January 20, 2002

Review: Black Hawk Down (dir. Ridley Scott, 2001)

The folks who brought you Pearl Harbor are now bringing you Black Hawk Down, and...