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November 2007

November 23, 2007

Hot Topic!

I suppose this is worth noting. I've been rather astonished as my post about The...

November 23, 2007

The Kindlings Muse: Gone Baby Gone, Michael Clayton, Amazing Grace, No Country for Old Men, and More

Author and radio star Dick Staub hosted another engaging, spirited discussion of movies over at...

November 21, 2007

Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Art

I just spotted this fantastic quote about art on a friend's Facebook page, and thought...

November 20, 2007

Mark Steyn on “3:10 to Yuma”

Thanks to Peter Chattaway for finding this spot-on analysis of 3:10 to Yuma. Mark Steyn:...

November 20, 2007

The Golden Compass – Christians, Controversy, and Phillip Pullman – A Commentary

¬† And so it begins. The first review of New Line Cinema's The Golden Compass,...

November 18, 2007

Specials: No Country for Old Men, The Golden Compass, and Tim Burton

The Coens and The Golden Compass You can now download my conversation with radio show...

November 18, 2007

David Lynch Lecture in Germany Goes Bananas

There's nothing unusual about David Lynch lecturing about transcendental meditation. He does that all the...

November 16, 2007

A Portrait of My Favorite Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis rarely ever acts in a film. But when he does, it's not something...

November 15, 2007

And Sometimes My Email Cheers Me Up

And sometimes, I get email that makes my day. And from total strangers! Hello, my...

November 15, 2007

Linford Detweiler Tells Over the Rhine’s “Made in America” Story

At Paste, Linford Detweiler slips into that storytelling voice that fans of Over the Rhine...

November 14, 2007

Anybody Want to Answer My Email Today?

Here's today's email... I post this simply because a few people have asked me recently...

November 12, 2007

Adam Walter on “Inland Empire”

My friend Adam Walter shares my enthusiasm for David Lynch's Twin Peaks and for several of his...

November 11, 2007

Save “J”

There's a new comedy opening this month, one that's received a lot of praise at...

November 10, 2007

The DaVinci Coda? Does “The Last Supper” Have a Soundtrack?

There's a fascinating story at CNN today about the apparent inclusion of musical notes in...

November 07, 2007

My Thoughts on “The Golden Compass”

I've been doing a lot of radio interviews about Auralia's Colors, and questions about Philip...

November 07, 2007

Questions on a Novel Journey

Novel Journey's Ane Mulligan just posted her conversation with me about Auralia's Colors. These are the...

November 06, 2007

“There Will Be Blood” … It Will Be Frightening

Rabble-rousing film blogger Jeffrey Wells has unleashed a monster of a response to Paul Thomas...

November 05, 2007

A Christmas Album from Don Peris

¬† Last year's Christmas was aglow with new music from Over the Rhine (Snow Angels)....

November 04, 2007

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand (2007)

If you haven't heard Raising Sand, you're in for a treat. Who would have thought...

November 02, 2007

Steven Greydanus’s Turbulent Mailbox

My friend and colleague Steven Greydanus also happens to be one of my favorite film...

November 02, 2007

Podcast: Sheridan Voysey talks with me about great movies that can change lives.

You can now download the podcast of Sheridan Voysey's radio program where I discussed the...

November 02, 2007

Theme of the year? “The End is Near”

It seems that almost every year, there are one or two themes that emerge on...

November 02, 2007

Specials: Auralia Meets Graeme; Gaffney on CAFF; Chattaway on Faith/Film

I'm going back into a period of intense imagining, polishing up the sequel to Auralia's Colors....

November 02, 2007

Pay What You Can for Paste Magazine!

This just in: Taking a cue from Radiohead, Paste is now letting you pay whatever...

October 2007

October 30, 2007

A Conversation with National Book Award Finalist Sara Zarr

Can we handle the truth? In Sara Zarr's first novel, Story of a Girl, one...

October 30, 2007

Here We Go Again: Malick and “The Tree of Life”

I know, I know, I'm late to this party. But I'm not really. I reported...

October 29, 2007

The Nick and Josh Show

Lo and behold, my conversation with Nick (of the Nick and Josh Show) is now...

October 28, 2007

1:01 AM and I’ve Seen a Lot of Movies

I'm still here at the City of Angels Film Festival, held that the Directors Guild...

October 25, 2007

Thanks to “God and Culture” Show Host Paul Edwards

Many, many thanks to Paul Edwards for being a gracious host, generous with his time,...

October 25, 2007

Prequel to Boring: Yawn Howard and Dan Brown, Together Again

You probably remember how, after all of the hype, The Da Vinci Code opened to...