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January 2006

January 14, 2006

Shelley Winters, 1920 – 2006

The world bids farewell to Shelley Winters. While Hollywood remembers her for so many classic...

January 13, 2006

Specials: Download a free Narnia script. Brad baby. Wheaton vs. Catholics.

Thursday specials: WHAT DID MR. BEAVER SAY? The official script of The Chronicles of Narnia:...

January 12, 2006

Altman wins an Oscar… at last.

What's your favorite Robert Altman film? I love Gosford Park. And several others... He's been...

January 11, 2006

Half-Shot Contest #4

What film is this half-shot from? The winner will become more powerful than you can...

January 11, 2006

"What If" Question of the Day…

As tired as I am of the Brokeback Mountain and Chronicles of Narnia debates, and...

January 10, 2006

Go see "Hoodwinked!" … a particularly clever and hilarious new animated feature.

If you like animation, fairy tales, or good strong comedy, Hoodwinked! is well worth seeing....

January 09, 2006

Specials: "Bourne 3… 3 as the Wind…" Plus: Indy 4, Jurassic 4, "Capote" beats "Brokeback." Praising "The New World."

Monday is Sequel News Day! "BOURNE THREE... THREE AS THE WIND..." For updates on The...

January 09, 2006

"Wild Thing" Spike Jonze has his new project…

According to Variety, Spike Jonze is the man that Warner Brothers is depending on to...

January 08, 2006

Hostel takeover: "Horror pornography" tops the box office, defeats Aslan

(Thanks to Peter T. Chattaway for noting this so quickly.) A movie that gives audiences...

January 07, 2006

Tom Shales on "The Book of Daniel"

Loved this quote: Tom Shales, The Washington Post, regarding the new television show The Book...

January 06, 2006

"Prince Caspian" greenlit…

...according to NarniaWeb, anyway. Looks like Prince Caspian got the big phone call today, and...

January 06, 2006

Homosexual Heath Ledger Character: Bad. Heterosexually Promiscuous Ledger Character: Not So bad?

I've had some interesting chats with the film writers and the editor of Christianity Today...

January 06, 2006

Steven Greydanus on "Match Point"

For what it's worth, while I'd probably rate the film as a C because it...

January 05, 2006

Great Films, True Stories: The 2006 Image Film Festival

This year's Image Film Festival promises to be a challenging, exciting series of events. It's...

January 05, 2006

Ten Favorite Albums of 2005

Here are the records that I've put on and kept on, over and over, this...

January 04, 2006

Specials: Wong at Cannes. Vote against Pedro. Chattaway’s Top 10. "New World" cut. "Pan’s Labyrinth." "Horror porn." "Scanner Darkly." "Fateless."

Wednesday's specals: President of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury... Wong Kar-wai! Fantastic. This should...

January 04, 2006

Looking Closer is Back in The Seattle Times!

Somehow, I missed Sunday's edition of The Seattle Times, and didn't find out until today...

January 04, 2006

Pick up a copy of LensWork!

A close friend of mine, who also happens to be one of my favorite photographers,...

January 03, 2006

The 2006 Glen Workshop – Registration is underway!

The 2006 Glen Workshop - Registration is underway! Poetry - Scott Cairns, Jeanine Hathaway Fiction...

January 02, 2006

My Favorite Films of 2005

I've just published the Looking Closer "Favorite Films of 2005" list. This list will very...

January 01, 2006

Film Viewing Journal – 2006

I will provide a link to this post on the top of the Looking Closer...

December 2005

December 31, 2005

New NBC Show Stars a Buddy Christ, Written by "Recovering Catholic."

If a show about Muslims were written by sarcastic evangelicals who liked to poke fun...

December 31, 2005

The Chicago Film Critics Nominations

As these critical nominations roll out this year, there's far more love for King Kong...

December 31, 2005

Rod Dreher on "Brokeback Mountain"

Rod Dreher on "Brokeback Mountain" True, the men begin their doomed affair in a time...

December 31, 2005

After seeing it twice, I’ve posted my full review of "Brokeback Mountain."

I finally got tired of reading the debates and the diatribes. I sat myself down...

December 31, 2005

Thoughts on future Narnia films

I'm engrossed in editing Auralia's Colors this weekend, and working on my Top 25 of...

December 30, 2005

Steven Spielberg to re-make "Mary Poppins"?!

The Independent has the scoop. Time will tell if it's a... um... quality scoop. Personally,...

December 29, 2005

Sufjan Stevens is my new hero.

I liked his Seven Swans album. Then I grew to love it. I liked his...

December 28, 2005

Ladies and Gentlemen… Craig Detweiler.

I interviewed screenwriter/film-instructor Craig Detweiler at Biola several months ago in L.A., before any trailers...

December 26, 2005

Munich: A movie that reflects Spielberg’s belief in sin.

Which mainstream film critic said THIS about Steven Spielberg's Munich? Today’s movie culture has so...