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April 2007

April 19, 2007

Darren Hughes on film as "Spiritual Contemplation"

Darren Hughes is writing an essay on non-narrative filmmaking: "The Limits of Traditional Narrative Cinema...

April 18, 2007

Frank Darabont on Horror Movies and His Rejected Indy Script

Two highlights of the new MTV interview with Frank "Shawshank Redemption" Darabont, who is directing...

April 18, 2007

Who’s steering Narnia’s “Dawn Treader”?

Looks like "amazing grace" has been granted to Narnia. Peter Chattaway is tracking the Ain't...

April 18, 2007

"The Children of Hurin" – J.R.R. Tolkien’s "latest"

My friend and fellow Tolkien enthusiast Geoffrey DeWeese was surprised and upset when I expressed...

April 18, 2007

"The Promise of Beauty" – another ode to Malick

I've just discovered a passionate, eloquent description of the greatness of Terrence Malick. If you're...

April 17, 2007

Achtung, Spider-man! (I am not making this up.)

What in the world? Bono and The Edge... writing a Spider-man musical... for Julie Taymor....

April 17, 2007

Ian McEwan’s “Atonement” – The Trailer

EmpireOnline has the trailer for Atonement, one of the films I'm most eager to see...

April 16, 2007

McCarthy’s “The Road” – Pulitzer Prize!

Cormac McCarthy's The Road has earned an even higher honor than the Oprah-book stamp. It...

April 16, 2007

Norton the Hulk

A high-five to Peter Chattaway for catching the latest Edward Norton casting news. And... uh......

April 13, 2007

This Year’s Denise Levertov Award Goes To…

Here's an exciting announcement from the folks at Image. And what a great choice. I've...

April 13, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: Perfect Stranger

Perfect Stranger Rotten Tomatoes shows that critics are placing Perfect Stranger under citizens' arrest. Religious-press...

April 12, 2007

The New Yorker on “Into Great Silence”

Into Great Silence is "ridiculously popular" in New York, according to a new article in...

April 11, 2007

“Morality, Movies and Ratings”

Greg Wright at Past the Popcorn is considering the everlasting questions about movies and morality....

April 11, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: The Lookout

The Lookout J. Robert Parks: "I’m not arguing The Lookout is some kind of masterpiece....

April 11, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: Grindhouse

Grindhouse Before we join the rush of religious-press reviewers who are condemning Grindhouse outright, let's...

April 11, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: The Hoax

The Hoax Todd Hertz (CT Movies) calls The Hoax "a mix of Catch Me If...

April 11, 2007

Film Forum: The Reaping

The Reaping "Oh, it's very biblically based," said the promoter who called me to encourage...

April 07, 2007

Tonight: Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park) at 6:30 pm

Tonight at 6:30pm, at the Third Place Books store in Lake Forest Park, I'll be...

April 05, 2007

Rod Dreher on “The Reeking”… I mean, “The Reaping”

Thanks to Peter Chattaway pointing out "Crunchy Con" Rod Dreher's comments on The Reaping, which...

April 05, 2007

Armchair Interviews on “Through a Screen Darkly”

Armchair Interviews has discovered Through a Screen Darkly. Just a reminder to those of you...

April 04, 2007

New Feedback at CT Movies

There are a couple of new letters up at the CT Movies feedback page... or,...

April 02, 2007

Are Movies Increasing Your “Capacity to See”?

At Long Pauses, Darren Hughes has posted a quote that I want to share with...

March 2007

March 31, 2007

Why is Will Ferrell Funny?

Slate takes on one of the most pressing, urgent questions that our society must address:...

March 30, 2007

Reverence, awe, simplicity, prayer: Three amazing hours at the movies.

Last night, I watched Into Great Silence. I'll be writing about it in detail...

March 28, 2007

Cormac McCarthy: Now an Oprah Author

Oprah just picked The Road. Wow. That's gutsy. The Road is a dark, dark, dark...

March 28, 2007

Indiana Jones 4 is Getting Interesting

If you had told me early on that Indiana Jones 4 would star Cate Blanchett...

March 27, 2007

Film Forum: The Lives of Others, Reign Over Me, Pride, Shooter, TMNT, The Last Mimzy

By the beard of Zeus, it's... Looking Closer's Film Forum! REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Nothing makes...

March 23, 2007

About “300”… A Clarification

I have been out of line in some of my statements in relation to 300....

March 22, 2007

One of My Favorite Clowns

A legendary figure from my high-school days ... Larry "Bud" Melman, a giant from the...

March 21, 2007

Opus on “300”, and More on Why I’m Not Getting in Line

I'm responding yet again about the movie 300 for this simple reason: I have been...