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December 2014

December 09, 2014

Coyote Hunting at Christmas: Linford Detweiler Talks About “Blood Oranges in the Snow”

In this, my fourth Looking Closer conversation with Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine, we...

December 08, 2014

Alissa Wilkinson Presents a Christmas Playlist

When inquiring of my favorite writers and artists about the Christmas music that means the...

December 05, 2014

Sara Zarr Presents a Christmas Playlist

2014 marked the tenth anniversary of my friendship with YA novelist Sara Zarr. In the...

December 04, 2014

Looking Elsewhere: Blood Oranges, Image, Hurray for the Riff Raff, PJ Harvey, Lightsabers, P.D. James, and More.

Here are a few recent distractions and discoveries from elsewhere on the web that gave...

December 04, 2014

Ashley Cleveland Presents a Christmas Playlist

Our Christmas Playlist Party continues! Here's one of the most soulful musicians I've ever had...

December 02, 2014

Joe Henry Presents a Christmas Playlist

Our first Christmas Playlist Party host? Please welcome Grammy award-winning producer, poet, and musician Joe...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Cinematic States Contest Results: And the Winner Is…

Last week, I invited you to tell us which movie best captures the character of...

November 29, 2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings — Justin Chang Posts an Early Review

Film critic Justin Chang, a consummate professional over at Variety, is among the first out...

November 27, 2014

Looking Closer’s Thanksgiving Movie: Terrence Malick’s The New World

So, putting on my film critic hat, I will do as I usually do at...

November 26, 2014

Rough Neighborhood: A Note About Facebook, Comments, and Social Media Manner

It's been a rough week in America — and that means it's been a rough...

November 24, 2014

Coming Not Soon Enough to a Troubled Neighborhood Near You

"This film does more to advance new conversations on the legacy of human rights and...

November 21, 2014

Which Movie Captures Your Part of the World? Tell Me, and You Might Win a Great Book.

"This is really wonderful stuff. Thoughtful, unique, insightful, and funny. It's unlike anything I've ever...

November 21, 2014

Looking Closer at “Saving Christmas”: Featuring Novelist N. D. Wilson’s Review

I've been talking to my new friend N. D. Wilson, author of Boys of Blur,...

November 13, 2014

Birdman (2014)

I've read that Birdman is a movie that pulls back the curtain to reveal (surprise!)...

November 13, 2014

Looking Elsewhere: Star Wars – Episode VII, Interstellar, The Hobbit, Best U2 Punchlines, Glen West 2014, Hayao Mizyazaki, Sandworms, George Lucas, Collateral

Did you hear the one about the door of U2's private jet falling off mid-flight?...

November 03, 2014

Looking Elsewhere: 14 Discoveries & Distractions for the First Week of November

On Halloween, Anne and I went out to celebrate Halloween dressed as Seattle Pacific University...

November 01, 2014

Here Comes 2014’s Big Finale: Quick — What Were the Highlights of the First 10 Months?

Wow, what an eventful 2014 we've had so far here at Looking Closer. And we've...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Filmwell’s Michael Leary: Things I Learned About Parenting Daughters From “Gilmore Girls”

My longtime friend, colleague, and Filmwell co-founder Michael Leary, a writer I admire, a man...

October 27, 2014

Now on Netflix: Django Unchained

On Christmas Day 2012 — while Americans were still grieving for victims of the Newtown...

October 25, 2014

Ragamuffin (2014) – A Guest Review by Martin Stillion

"... if the goal of Ragamuffin is to get viewers to reconsider the life and...

October 23, 2014

Scott Derrickson May Not “Deliver Us From Evil,” But He Knows Who Can

Arriving on home video just in time for Halloween, Scott Derrickson's "Deliver Us From Evil"...

October 20, 2014

Battle in Seattle (or the Movie Directed by That Guy Who Was Almost Aragorn)

#Ferguson. #WTO. #U2iPhone6 Why am I not tweeting my outrage? Have I been pummeled numb...

October 15, 2014

A Priest With a Death Sentence: Looking Closer at Calvary

"I don't think it will be winning any awards from the Christian world. ... It...

October 12, 2014

Well-Made Movies Won’t Be… Left Behind

Today, Matt Zoller Seitz, editor of RogerEbert.com, defended The Good Lie, a movie in which the...

October 07, 2014

Listen Closer: Second Impressions of U2’s Songs of Innocence

Hey, U2 fans, music lovers, and iPhone users... you're invited! I'm joining Dr. Jeff Keuss...

October 06, 2014

Listen Closer: Thom Yorke, Luluc, Lucinda Williams, Leonard Cohen, My Brightest Diamond, Sinead O’Connor

It's time to check the New Music Seismograph! What albums are shaking the ground beneath...

October 02, 2014

Looking Closer at Left Behind – The Movie!

This post will be updated over the next few days, so check back as this...

October 01, 2014

The Christian Message of David Fincher’s Gone Girl . . . (Not Really)

One of my favorite writers on the subject of art, faith, and culture — Alissa...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

The Song “Shares the Weaknesses of Most Faith-Based Films”

I've received two emails this week asking for my opinion of The Song. This is...

September 23, 2014

Looking Closer at The Hundred-Foot Journey

As I joined the line to buy tickets for a mid-afternoon matinee showing of Guardians...