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January 2012

January 12, 2012

The Trailer for the First of Two Major 2012 Films by Guys Named Anderson….

Part of me is saying, "Oh, brother. Wes Anderson's style is becoming so familiar that...

January 11, 2012

Happy 50th Anniversary, A Wrinkle in Time!

I just discovered that this month marks the important anniversary of one of my favorite...

January 09, 2012

Movies that the Vatican Doesn’t Want You to See…

Funny. The horror movie that opened this weekend, The Devil Inside, ran on the tag...

January 09, 2012

The Artist (2011)

[This review was originally published at Filmwell.] • It happens every January — movie ads fill...

January 06, 2012

Join the Search for Sylvia!

Well, Anne and I just had one of the most glorious movie dates of our...

January 03, 2012

Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine interviews Joe Henry in Image

The new issue of Image is out! Order yours today. In the meantime, you can...

January 03, 2012

A new blog, a new job, and a whole lot of learning. Welcome to Brainstorm.

What's new in 2012? Here's something... I'm editing BRAINSTORM: Mysteries of Human Behavior with John...

January 02, 2012

Looking Closer’s Favorite Albums of 2011

I didn't hear any records this year that filled me with a zeal to shout...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

Coming January 1st: the Looking Closer Favorites of 2011

More than a month ago, they started appearing: Best of 2011 lists. ... By now,...

December 22, 2011

The Fearsome and the Childlike in the Films of Steven Spielberg

In my book Through a Screen Darkly, I wrote quite a bit about the films...

December 21, 2011

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

In the opening scenes of The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, the new...

December 17, 2011

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

It is a pleasure to report that director Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was...

December 14, 2011

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Some stories are short for a reason. Dr. Seuss's children's book How the Grinch Stole...

December 02, 2011

Initial thoughts on The Descendants

In February, I'll be speaking at Seattle Pacific University about the films of 2011. I'll...

December 01, 2011

The Highlight of the The Help: The hard-of-hearing guy behind me in the theatre.

I finally saw The Help. It has such honorable subject matter that it puts a critic...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

From the Front Lines, November 29, 2011

I should be writing the new chapter of my new novel. But... ... there are...

November 23, 2011

The Muppets (2011)

Once upon a time — 1979, to be exact — along a freeway in the...

November 22, 2011

Beloved Fantasy Author Anne McCaffrey has Died.

The beloved and influential fantasy author Anne McCaffrey died yesterday after suffering a stroke. She...

November 22, 2011

Fingertips: Longhand Writing; Time-Based Pixel Painting; Beer; Richard Linklater; Leonard Cohen; Joe Henry; Kate Bush; G.K. Chesterton; and St. Vincent

Writing on a computer is like sprinting through a park; you can cover a lot...

November 19, 2011

20 Years Ago, U2 Moved in New and Mysterious Ways

It was 20 years ago this weekend that U2's Achtung Baby landed in music stores...

November 16, 2011

Movieguide: Bringing so-called "movie reviews" with so-called "high biblical standards" to FOX News

Here's the breaking news about Movieguide... And here's a link to my recent post that...

November 16, 2011

2012 Will Bring a Pretty Time Bomb

A nostalgic sort of dream of being a pop star in the ‘60s and early...

November 15, 2011

May I Suggest Daniel Day-Lewis as Moses?

Rumors have been rumbling, and now Twitch seems to be confident: Steven Spielberg appears to...

November 15, 2011

Wait, what? A new Leigh Nash album?

While patient fans of Sixpence None the Richer keep checking to see if the band's...

November 14, 2011

Over the Rhine, The Long Surrender: Track 2, “The Sharpest Blade”

Here is the second part in my review of Over the Rhine's The Long Surrender....

November 11, 2011

The Work of a Landscaper

Anne has written a short piece for The High Calling about her landscaping. Here's a...

November 08, 2011

Into the wilderness

I recently received an email from a young woman saying that she wanted to read...

November 06, 2011

Kili and Fili in 3D

Peter Jackson has posted another video blog from the set of The Hobbit. This time,...

November 05, 2011

Over the Rhine, The Long Surrender: Track 1, “The Laugh of Recognition”

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to post thoughts on Over the Rhine’s The...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Beware the Seattle protesters…

You've heard about the Occupy Wall Street protests. You've heard about Oakland, and other cities...