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November 2010

November 16, 2010

Twilight redux

Good grief. Looks like Catherine Hardwicke isn't coping well with having the Twilight franchise taken...

November 15, 2010

The Porpoise-Driven Life

Has there been a better news story in November than this one? Dick Van Dyke...

November 03, 2010

The Kindlings Muse Podcast on the Election… I Mean, on Zombies and Vampires

“Oh the Horrors!" What's the best way to regain perspective after election-week madness? Listen in...

November 03, 2010

Eno déjà vu.

As I discovered the cover art for Brian Eno's exciting new instrumental work Small Craft...

November 01, 2010

Refusing to Fall

As I walked from Seattle Pacific University to a nearby coffee shop in the pouring...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

Conviction (2010)

If you don't like Conviction, you're going to seem sub-human, heartless, devoid of any decency....

October 25, 2010

“Learning not to white-knuckle everything”

No Depression posts notes on the new Over the Rhine album: “With The Long Surrender,...

October 23, 2010

Let Me In (2010) – or, Let the Right Version In.

Okay, this Halloween's vampire movie, Let Me In, is very well made. Much better than...

October 23, 2010

Do Writers Need Paper Anymore?

Via Alan Jacobs, a quote from an article in Prospect Magazine: The narrowing effect of...

October 20, 2010

If you build it, they will come. But you’re not off the hook. (My thoughts on The Social Network.)

ImageJournal.org has just posted a few of my thoughts on The Social Network, the new...

October 13, 2010

A Letter to North American Churches

Celebrated artist Makoto Fujimura has written a letter to North American Churches. It's worth reading....

October 12, 2010

Sufjan Stevens on rock gods, Almighty God, and the scandal of Christ’s love

It's amazing what Sufjan does with this interview. These questions tell you a lot about...

October 12, 2010

David Brooks on The Social Network

David Brooks reviewed The Social Network, and I like his take on it. I especially...

October 12, 2010

In Which I Argue with William Steig

This perspective from Shrek author William Steig is popping up on some of the Tumblr...

October 10, 2010

Winter’s Bone (2010)

This review was originally published at Good Letters, a blog hosted by Image, in September...

October 07, 2010

Viewer Discussion Advised: 3. The Actor in Question

My latest podcast is up. It's about the actor who will fill Tobey Maguire's shoes...

October 06, 2010

How many of the Top 100 have you seen?

A note like this can make my day... Jeffrey, I saw your post about the...

October 06, 2010

Ask Me Anything – Premiere Wishes, Surprising Epiphanies

Q: IF YOU COULD ATTEND THE PREMIERE OF ANY FILM, PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE, WHICH...

October 06, 2010

July 31, 2011: Only 20 moviegoers get this chance.

Will you be one of them? On a day of glorious Santa Fe sunshine, we...

October 05, 2010

Secret of Kells out on DVD today!

One of my favorite films of the year, and one of my all-time favorite animated...

October 05, 2010

Uncool in October. And loving it.

[I wrote this yesterday but had no time to post it... so, better late than...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

Do celebrities matter? Part Two.

Recently, I posted the first part of The Other Journal's podcast on celebrities. That was...

September 28, 2010

Where I’ll be this weekend…

I hope I'll see some of you at this amazing place this weekend. I'll be...

September 28, 2010

Who was Noah’s wife? (If you answer "Joan," you’re wrong.)

Americans sure love to talk about religion. And many are riled about about whether or...

September 28, 2010

What Whitman Said

The great Andy Whitman has a few things to say about Calvin College's decision to...

September 18, 2010

The scene on the sidewalk

The story is almost ready, but something's been missing. I've been searching for a scene....

September 15, 2010

IAM Encounter 10: How Then Shall We Tell Stories?

I hope you enjoy this presentation of my visit to Encounter 10, the 2010 arts...

September 13, 2010

Christianity Today’s Knockout Interview with Marilynne Robinson

This is the most thrilling stuff I've read at Christianity Today in a while. Great...

September 13, 2010

The Illusionist (2010) – a guest review by Kenneth Morefield

I'm grateful for this guest review submitted by Kenneth Morefield from the Toronto International Film...

September 09, 2010

Do celebrities matter?

Do celebrities matter? Should we pay attention to them? That what The Other Journal's Allison...