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April 2015

April 05, 2015

Off-Duty Angel: A Few Thoughts on Easter

I heard this somewhere. It stuck. I think about it often, especially at Easter. I...

April 03, 2015

How to Get “Let It Go” Out of Your Head: The Hadestown Cure

I've spelled out some reasons why I think "Let It Go" caught on, and some...

April 01, 2015

Looking Elsewhere: MFA Adventures, April Foolishness, and More

From April Fool's antics to coming attractions, this installment of "Looking Elsewhere" is loaded with...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Smelly Soapbox

Soap A makes your hands smell fruity and fresh. Soap B has no scent at...

March 18, 2015

Song of the Sea (2014): A Conversation With Animator and Author Ken Priebe

The Secret of Kells is gorgeous, dramatic, funny, moving, alive with mystery, and bursting with...

March 13, 2015

3 Jeffs & the Truth: Foxcatcher

In which three film enthusiasts — all named Jeff — discuss and debate Foxcatcher.

March 09, 2015

Taylor Swift, Nirvana, Andrew Peterson, and Bob Dylan All Appear in This Headline

Imagine that your favorite band tries on a new sound, or a new look. Imagine that...

March 04, 2015

Are Christians “David”? Is Hollywood “Goliath”?

In today's episode of Sadly, This is Not a Satire... Check out this website promoting David...

March 03, 2015

An Hour of Wisdom and Storytelling with Joe Henry

Joe Henry, who recorded my favorite record of 2014 (Invisible Hour), was the guest on...

March 03, 2015

Soundtrack for a Day Job: Great Songs About Hard Times

Songs about this day-job, bill-paying struggle are a dime a dozen — or, rather about...

March 03, 2015

Memento or Vertigo? What’s Your Favorite Film About Memory?

The long-running community of friends and colleagues called Arts and Faith has published their latest...

March 03, 2015

Bruce Cockburn to Receive the 2015 Denise Levertov Award

Wow. The Denise Levertov Award is the prestigious honor given by the good people of Image "to...

March 03, 2015

#Ferguson and #Mockingjay

Two guys — a blogger and his friend — after watching the blu-ray of The Hunger...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

A Conversation with Sam Phillips: Revisiting The Image 20th Anniversary Interview

This weekend, Sam Phillips joined Joe Henry onstage for what was reportedly a knockout, 2...

February 23, 2015

What Do Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Phillips, and the Movie “Amélie” Have in Common?

When a music critic declares an album “perfect,” it tends to say more about that...

February 22, 2015

My Favorite Film of 2014: The Strange Little Cat

[This review was included in my Favorite Films of 2014 post. But, for the archives,...

February 21, 2015

Oscars 2015: Listen to My Discussion and Debate with Dr. Jeff Keuss, Novelist Jennie Spohr, and Producer Anna Miller

Finally... an Oscar year that brings some much needed focus to a subject sorely overlooked...

February 21, 2015

Something, Anything

Ida, Ewa, Gloria, and now... the final contestant in this, the Looking Closer Beauty Pageant. Readers,...

February 20, 2015

Seek Justice. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly.

Bear with me. This isn't a movie review or a music review. This is just...

February 15, 2015

Two Visits to London, Two Well-Rounded Characters

This weekend, I had an incredible amount of writing to accomplish. So I only allowed...

February 10, 2015

God, Family, Country… Right? American Sniper’s Troubling Anti-War Truth

So, I avoided seeing American Sniper for a few weeks because the highly politicized debate...

February 08, 2015

Looking Closer at Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups

Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups screened at Berlinale today. Here come the reviews...

February 06, 2015

Now Streaming: One of 2014’s Most Meaningful Thrillers

Even more evidence that films about faith are alive and well in contemporary cinema (and...

February 03, 2015

Discover The Chrysostom Society: Meet Editor and Book Enthusiast John Wilson

In the early days, they plotted how to kill each other.

February 03, 2015

What Breakup Record Cuts Your Heart Open? Readers Respond!

I posted a question on Facebook and elsewhere: What breakup songs or breakup records mean...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Listening Closer: Bjork’s “Stonemilker”

Sharing your heart with someone who in turn takes sledgehammer to it understandably leaves an...

January 24, 2015

Looking Elsewhere: Starring… American Sniper, The Imitation Game, Sundance, The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Fairy Tales, Global Warming, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, Marilynne Robinson, and More

I'll conclude with a few words about the American Sniper hubbub. But first, here are...

January 20, 2015

Listening Closer to Joe Henry’s “Sparrow,” The Lone Bellow, and Jessica Pratt

The first song of Joe Henry’s album Invisible Hour — my favorite record of 2014...

January 19, 2015

“Our nation was born in genocide…”

He's the great orator. Let's make a space for him to go on speaking. If...

January 15, 2015

Why We Need SELMA

We need this movie. We need it for this reason: Wherever Martin Luther King Jr....