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September 2007

September 27, 2007

“Auralia’s Colors” Will Burst into Bellingham

Missed the Auralia's Colors readings? Here's another chance... I will be reading from Auralia's Colors,...

September 26, 2007

Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

Y Tu Mama Tambien is being hyped as a "teen movie" for the arthouse crowd....

September 26, 2007

“The Iraq war calls for some serious rethinking by Christians…”

David P. Gushee at Christianity Today considers "Our Teachable Moment." This month the President will...

September 26, 2007

The Kindlings Muse on “Ratatouille,” “Bourne,” “King of Kong,” “This is England,” and More

Here it is, the first show of a new monthly podcast from The Kindlings Muse:...

September 25, 2007

Hallelujah! Books Three and Four will be Real.

Tonight Anne and I read through the contract, line by line, for Books Three and...

September 25, 2007

“Secret Sunshine”: Best Depiction of Evangelical Christianity?

Darren Hughes calls Secret Sunshine "the truest depiction of evangelical Christianity I've seen on film." Victor...

September 25, 2007

LOUD NOISES!

(Photo posted at ) CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF! MY EARS ARE...

September 25, 2007

Smile, Marion!

It's not hard to see who's happiest about being included in this family photo! (Photo...

September 24, 2007

The Road (to “The Hobbit”) Goes Ever On… and On…

By the beard of Gandalf, the battle between New Line and Peter Jackson has taken...

September 24, 2007

TIME: “Why Christopher Hitchens is Wrong About Billy Graham” (plus, a YouTube bonus)

Good for TIME Magazine. The odd thing about Hitchens' attack is not that he assaults...

September 24, 2007

20 Years Later, Steven Wright has His Second Album

When I was a teenager, I memorized Steven Wright's first comedy album: I Have a...

September 23, 2007

Many Thanks to Third Place Books

Check out the new gallery of photos taken by my neice Amelia. (Thanks, Amelia!) I'm...

September 21, 2007

Jack White Gets Dylan to Play Songs He’s Rarely (or Never) Played

Rolling Stone asks: What strange power does Jack White have over Bob Dylan? I don't...

September 21, 2007

Victor Morton, Rightwing Film Geek, has moved.

One of my favorite film bloggers has just relocated to Wordpress. And when I went...

September 21, 2007

The Kindlings Muse on Fairy Tales, L’Engle, Tolkien, Lewis, and “Auralia’s Colors”

Did you miss The Kindlings Muse on Monday night? Now you can listen in! The...

September 20, 2007

And God Was Not in the Spectacle…

Mark Galli on breaking our addiction to spectacle. ...we try to bring earthquake, wind, and...

September 20, 2007

Long-title Specials: Fibbs on “Assassination”; a Wedding for Hurst; Flannery on the Church

The Brandon Fibbs Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford....

September 20, 2007

On Criticism

My good friend, Mike Demokowicz, a photographer and educator who has taught me a great...

September 18, 2007

Auralia’s Ongoing Celebrations

Many, many thanks to the crowd that filled all available chairs in The Next Chapter...

September 18, 2007

Eastern Promises (2007)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today. - In 2004, screenwriter Stephen Knight went prowling...

September 15, 2007

The *Second* Over the Rhine Show Set List

I've seen Over the Rhine play live fifteen times now. Thursday night's show was a...

September 15, 2007

My Kid Could Paint That (2007) – A Guest Review from Kenneth R. Morefield

Here's the final review from the Toronto International Film Festival written for Looking Closer by...

September 15, 2007

Reminder: You’re Invited!

Come celebrate at one of the Auralia's Colors book-release parties: TONIGHT: at 7:00 p.m., at...

September 14, 2007

Last Night’s Over the Rhine Concert

Here's the set list from last night's spirited Over the Rhine show at the Triple...

September 14, 2007

Things You Don’t Hear Every Morning…

"Mr. Overstreet, we're going to have to postpone your interview by twenty minutes because we...

September 13, 2007

Zodiac (2007)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today Movies in March of 2007. - Jaws introduced...

September 13, 2007

Zoolander (2001)

2007 UPDATE: It's been more than five years since Zoolander, and the movie still holds...

September 12, 2007

“Through a Screen Darkly” at Fuller Theological Seminary

This just in: For years many evangelical Christians have written about movies primarily as weapons...

September 11, 2007

No Country for Old Men (2007) – Guest Reviewer Kenneth R. Morefield

Campbell University's Kenneth R. Morefield has just seen one of the films I'm most eager...

September 11, 2007

Auralia on the Over the Rhine Tour Bus

Just got a note from Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine: Auralia was my traveling...