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September 2006

September 20, 2006

Sven Nykvist, Cinematographer, Dead at 83.

Sven Nykvist, the man whose camera captured such memorably beautiful and varied films as What's...

September 20, 2006

Suzanne Vega Considers Bob Dylan

One of my favorite songwriters writes about one of my favorite songwriters. I am passionate...

September 20, 2006

Paste, Relevant, and CCM Magazines

Sometimes I receive letters and know right away what I want to say in response....

September 20, 2006

Why My Faith is Not FoxFaith (and Great Art is Not Necessarily “Christian Art”)

When I saw a promotional video for the arrival of FoxFaith, a special library of...

September 17, 2006

Will Peter Jackson Direct “The Hobbit”? He Wonders Too.

There's some interesting stuff in Quint's interview with Peter Jackson at AICN today. Basically, Jackson...

September 17, 2006

Reviews for Walden Media’s William Wilberforce Biopic

Peter T. Chattaway has posted some sizeable excerpts from the first reviews of Amazing Grace,...

September 17, 2006

Congratulations to Erin Zindle and Randall Moore of "The Ragbirds"

Last year, Erin Zindle and Randall Moore delivered one of the best band-debut albums in...

September 16, 2006

Adam Walter on that Steve Taylor/Michael W. Smith movie

Adam Walter has seen The Second Chance, that film directed by Steve Taylor that stars...

September 14, 2006

I Know Who Joss Whedon Should Cast as "Wonder Woman."

Okay, am I losing any sleep over who's going to play Wonder Woman? No, not...

September 12, 2006

MGM planning "The Hobbit" … in Two Movies?

If it's going to work, it'll be made with a lighter touch, and the filmmakers...

September 08, 2006

Phillip Pullman Makes It Easy

No need to speculate about what Pullman's stories are about when he keeps coming right...

September 07, 2006

What’s In the Book? Here’s an Outline…

This is the Table of Contents for the book. Each chapter is a mix of...

September 07, 2006

A Word from Teilhard de Chardin

"By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us, and...

September 07, 2006

The Seed of an Idea

Auralia, still as death, like a discarded doll, lay in a burgundy tangle of rushes...

September 07, 2006

My Email Address is Changing

It's that time again... time for an email switcheroo. I'm going to be closing down...

September 07, 2006

In the Blue Corner . . . Movieguide! – a guest editorial by Tim Willson

Many thanks to Looking Closer reader Tim Willson for this editorial on some unethical practices...

September 05, 2006

The Graphic Novels of… Stephen Baldwin?

And the prophet spoke, saying: "There's really not a lot of stuff out there in...

September 01, 2006

Vancouver B.C.: Best Place to Stay?

Anne and I are just a few weeks from our tenth anniversary. And so we're...

August 2006

August 31, 2006

William Wilberforce Arrives in America on February 23, 2007

Whether it's any good or not, I can tell you already that the film Amazing...

August 31, 2006

Must-read of the week: Six conversion-to-Catholicism stories.

The Christian Century has an interesting story this week about six Christians and their journeys...

August 30, 2006

Four views of "Little Miss Sunshine," and mine…

Cauton: Spoilers ahead! The little movie that could ... and that may, indeed, become an...

August 28, 2006

Thrilling “Shadows”

Try to imagine what it would have been like if Robert Bresson had directed Munich....

August 26, 2006

Walden Media: Turning Great Books into Terrible Movies?

(This post has been REVISED for the sake of clarification.) When Walden Media came into...

August 24, 2006

Watch “Promises”

I've just seen the 2002 documentary Promises, and I can't recommend it highly enough. Promises...

August 24, 2006

Sara Zarr: Your Spotlight is Ready

Sometimes, you buy an album because you liked the catchy song on the radio. Sometimes,...

August 23, 2006

Worship is Better With Barbecue!

Mark Shea shares a video that's almost too convincing to be funny. I noticed a...

August 22, 2006

A Wartime Film Festival

Wouldn't it be timely and rewarding if someone hosted a film festival to provoke discussion...

August 18, 2006

"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" rocks.

Last night, thanks to a special deal through Netflix, I watched the pilot episode of...

August 17, 2006

Regarding that "Facing the Giants" post…

My comments on the tempest over at Dick Staub's CultureWatch set off a bit of...

August 16, 2006

Pre-order “Through a Screen Darkly”!

Is it okay to admit I'm a little excited to see THIS today? So... what are...