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November 2005

November 12, 2005

Bruce Cockburn – live in downtown Seattle – a review

I promised a report on the live Bruce Cockburn show in Seattle on Wednesday, so...

November 09, 2005

Specials: Quaid about his Christianity. Kate Bush, Paul McCartney, Over the Rhine.

Wednesday's specials: YOURS, MINE, OUR FAITH Huh. Peter T. Chattaway mentioned today that, lo and...

November 09, 2005

Director Michel Gondry’s latest, brilliant music video

Wow. When videos as wild as this one actually get produced, and as perfectly as...

November 09, 2005

Jason Bortz talks Africa in The Other Journal

Jason Bortz, whose short documentary on aid to Africa called Scratching the Surface was recently...

November 09, 2005

Coming soon: A new column! And reviews of Johnny Cash and Harry Potter

In Phase Three of my plans for world domination, this month I'll begin publishing a...

November 09, 2005

Coming Thursday: My review of "The Squid and the Whale" and a Bruce Cockburn concert review

Last night I saw one of the year's best films--The Squid and the Whale--which is...

November 08, 2005

CNN quotes Books and Culture’s John Wilson in news about new Jesus novels

UPDATE: Now, read John Wilson's commentary on Anne Rice at Books and Culture. John Wilson,...

November 07, 2005

The Arts and Faith Top 100

Film critics and cinephiles at the Arts and Faith Conversation have revised their list of...

November 07, 2005

Evangelism through fiction: WaterBrook Press offers "Dinner with a Perfect Stranger"

Christianity Today looks into a popular new book from WaterBrook Press: Dinner with a Perfect...

November 06, 2005

Over the Rhine might get a Grammy nomination!

If you love Over the Rhine (and how could you not?)... and if you believe...

November 03, 2005

Whacked in the head by "Wildflower"

Sheryl Crow's Wildflower is mind-boggling. That is, it is full of simplistic, dismissive questions about...

November 02, 2005

Specials: New Image is here! Gresham interview, part 2.

Wednesday's specials: Good news! I've just snared a deal for a new monthly film column....

November 02, 2005

"The Elements of Style" … the opera!

I heard this on NPR during my carpool commute in to the office today. The...

November 01, 2005

Woody Allen has "ganed no wisdom"

CNN talks to Woody Allen: Allen, who will be 70 on December 1, says age...

October 2005

October 24, 2005

Specials: Winter Solstice. Undertow. Bortz scratches. Aslan talks. Hobos bite.

I'm back from a bout with the flu, and a couple of days of recovery...

October 20, 2005

A Loss for Over the Rhine

Today, Linford Detweiler posted some thoughts, with his usual eloquence, about a painful loss for...

October 20, 2005

Bono on the Cover of the New Rolling Stone

Thanks to Josh Hurst for bringing THIS to my attention. As is so often the...

October 20, 2005

Fans of "Sports Night," rejoice!

If I had to choose my all-time favorite television series, "Sports Night" would be on...

October 20, 2005

At long last, the legendary, hitherto-unseen photo is revealed!

FINALLY the Pope's official photographer reveals the legendary photograph of Pope John Paul II wearing...

October 20, 2005

Specials: Aslan & Paganism, Serenity and Government

Today's specials: Peter T. Chattaway has been threatening to write an article about just how...

October 18, 2005

Kathleen Norris Presents: A New Book of Thomas Merton poetry!

One of my favorite writers, Kathleen Norris (Amazing Grace, The Cloister Walk, Dakota), has just...

October 17, 2005

Specials: GetReligion on a Republican Conspiracy in Narnia

It's Narnia day at Looking Closer. The first of many to come, I'm sure. Don't...

October 17, 2005

Winners of the "Movies that Changed You" contest

This was an extremely subjective contest, and thus it was difficult to pick winners from...

October 16, 2005

Specials: Phillip Pullman Attacks Narnia, Again. March of the Value-less Penguins

Today's specials: Once again, ladies and gentlemen, the author of The Golden Compass attacks C.S....

October 16, 2005

Go see "Good Night and Good Luck"

In the best American film about telling the truth under pressure since The Insider, George...

October 14, 2005

Are Audiences and Critics More Accepting of Christian Films If the Christians in Them are Black?

Are audiences and critics more accepting of Christian films if the Christians in them are...

October 14, 2005

Contest 2: Write a Looking Closer review!

The previous Looking Closer contest has wrapped up. I'll be reviewing the entries and announcing...

October 14, 2005

A New James Bond

I first saw Daniel Craig giving an extraordinary lead performance in a BCC Mystery special...

October 13, 2005

Would C.S. Lewis love "Serenity"?

Would C.S. Lewis love "Serenity"? Is there a connection between Captain Malcolm Reynolds and Ransom?...

October 12, 2005

Time for another "Drunkard’s Prayer"

It just came to my attention that there's an alternate version of Over the Rhine's...