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April 2006

April 19, 2006

Andy Whitman on The Innocence Mission

Paste's Andy Whitman is joining the latest wave of love for The Innocence Mission, upon...

April 18, 2006

John Wilson on The Gospel of Judas

John Wilson of Books and Culture has just posted a few thoughts on The Gospel...

April 17, 2006

Three new first-impression reviews: T Bone Burnett, Over the Rhine, Innocence Mission

THE TRUE FALSE REPORT I've just posted three new, short reviews on the Looking Closer...

April 16, 2006

Have a JOYOUS Easter!

Notice I didn't say "Have a Happy Easter." Happiness is based on temporal things. A...

April 16, 2006

Smashing! "Live from Nowhere" is Over the Rhine at their live best.

Isn't it wonderful when a live audience knows how to be quiet? It doesn't happen...

April 15, 2006

GetReligion on "United 93."

Reviews of United 93 are starting to come in. GetReligion is commenting on the TIME...

April 14, 2006

“The True False Identity” and Author Photos

Today was a good day. Today, I purchased five general admission floor tickets for the...

April 12, 2006

Looking Closer Classic: "Mystery and Message"

Not much to blog about today, as I've been sitting at home and at a...

April 10, 2006

The Christian Faith of Pin-up Betty Page

The New York Daily News has a feature on the buzz-generating new film about the...

April 10, 2006

If You Believe in The Gospel of Judas, I Have Some Magic Sandals to Sell You.

If you believe the stories you're reading in newspapers about the Gospel of Judas, let...

April 08, 2006

Radiohead update

A statement of the painfully obvious: Every day brings us a little closer to the...

April 08, 2006

Specials: GetReligion gets T Bone Burnett. D.C. gets Buechner.

A happy Saturday to you all. It's a happy Saturday here as I watch and...

April 07, 2006

“The Gospel of Judas” is just an old, stupid heresy…

... and yet, my local newscast jumped on the hype bandwagon tonight, heralding it as...

April 05, 2006

Does “V for Vendetta” celebrate rape? (And other viewer mail.)

The latest letters at CT Movies are very interesting: I saw V for Vendetta, and...

April 05, 2006

Innocence Mission / Don Peris contest – Deadline extended.

I've got two copies of Don Peris's new solo album: Go When the Morning Shineth...

April 02, 2006

Specials: Gillian Welch! Kieslowski’s Veronique! The Simpsons!

Monday specials: GET WELCH The latest in an ongoing parade of exciting 2006 music headlines......

April 02, 2006

Newsweek notices T-Bone Burnett

Newsweek earns some integrity points by noticing T-Bone Burnett's new album, and even doing an...

April 01, 2006

My conversation with Wim Wenders about his career, "Don’t Come Knocking," "Wings of Desire," and faith.

(This is not an April Fool's joke. It's a greatly expanded version of the article...

April 01, 2006

The Perfect Voice for Reepicheep!

NarniaWeb breaks the best news I've heard all year!!

March 2006

March 31, 2006

The New Issue of Response is Here!

I have three new articles in the latest issue of SPU' s Response Magazine: By...

March 29, 2006

Two late-but-great reviews of "V for Vendetta"

Two home-run reviews of V for Vendetta popped up this week, and even though the...

March 28, 2006

T-Bone Burnett on "Walk the Line," Cassandra Wilson, producing, and his new album

Yahoo posts a T-Bone Burnett interview. In it, Burnett says, "I'm trying not to produce...

March 28, 2006

Surprise!

Surprise, the first solo album from Paul Simon in seven years, will be released on...

March 28, 2006

Writers talk about writing and faith in new book.

This new book looks intriguing: A long list of writers talk about their craft and...

March 26, 2006

Catholic Priest Watches Movies with Muslim Imam!

I believe that the lion will lie down with the lamb, but this... this is...

March 25, 2006

Doug and the Dardennes

I imagine that for Doug Cummings meeting the Dardennes was as thrilling as it would...

March 25, 2006

News of the Bizarre: Church Taking Nigerian Film Industry By Storm

Thanks to Peter T. Chattaway for linking to this rather surprising development in... uh... "Nollywood."...

March 25, 2006

Adam Walter on violent movies, scary movies, and Flannery O’Connor

The most interesting thing I read all day was Adam Walter's post on the difference...

March 23, 2006

"Don’t Come Knocking" – full of "Christian content"?

By the way, one of the films I recently really enjoyed -- Don't Come Knocking...

March 22, 2006

Specials: Defending “Bubble.” Poo-pooing Proulx’s poo-poo. New Issues of Paste and Risen! Bad Refs.

Defending Bubble. What to do when friends disagree over movies? Jessica Poundstone wrote in to...