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August 2008

August 20, 2008

Greydanus on “Brideshead Revisited”

I just realized that Steven Greydanus reviewed Brideshead Revisited, and somehow I missed it. He...

August 20, 2008

Today’s Favorite – Spooky Places, Memorable Pubs

This weekend, I discovered a journal that I kept in college. In those pages, I...

August 19, 2008

Film Forum: Tropic Thunder, Transsiberian, Star Wars – The Clone Wars

This is collection of reviews that I found interesting and helpful. The collection will be...

August 15, 2008

Reader mailstrom, 8/15: “Learn to Think Critically” about “There Will Be Blood”

Welcome to Reader Mailstrom, a chronicle of stand-outs from the daily maelstrom of Looking Closer...

August 15, 2008

Browser, 8/16: Lonergan returns; Phillips; Moriarty Says “Star Wars is Dead”

The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. New headlines...

August 15, 2008

Film Forum: “Henry Poole is Here”

What a wide range of responses I'm seeing for Henry Poole is Here... Annie Wagner:...

August 14, 2008

Browser, 8:14: Ebert on “Clone Wars”; WALL-E’s wisdom; Woody Allen Reflects; Death Cab to despair?; Captain Ahab; Mountain Goats

ROGER EBERT ON "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS" It begins: Has it come to this?...

August 14, 2008

Whit Stillman will return… in a Dancing Mood

The future just got brighter. Can you see that distant gleam on the horizon? That's...

August 11, 2008

Looking Closer Breaks New Ground in September

In September, I'm rearranging my weekly schedule to find a better balance. Friends have begun...

August 11, 2008

Winner of the Looking Closer review contest!

Many thanks to the writers who entered the most recent Looking Closer review contest! I'm...

August 09, 2008

A Sad, Sudden Farewell: Bernie Mac 1957 – 2008

MSNBC reports that Bernie Mac passed away due to complications brought on by pneumonia. He...

August 08, 2008

A Lott of Good Reading

Hardcovers of Bret Lott's new book Ancient Highway are everywhere. And that's reason for rejoicing....

August 08, 2008

Farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Last week, as I was walking past a newspaper vendor, I stopped in my tracks....

August 07, 2008

Browser: My time at The Glen Workshop; Over the Rhine’s new live album and upcoming tour; Farwell to Pauline Baynes; R-rated comedies; Peter Buck’s faves; Pitt; The Road!

I've just returned from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Anne and I enjoyed The Glen...

July 2008

July 28, 2008

Occasional blogging this week: I’m relaxing and writing in Santa Fe.

I'm sitting at The Tea House on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, working on Cal-raven's...

July 25, 2008

Browser, 7/24: The Balcony is Closed; Tron 2?; Wolverine;

THE BALCONY IS CLOSED Roger Ebert blogs: I was surprised how depressed I felt all...

July 25, 2008

Film Forum: Brideshead Revisited

Congratulations to my good friend Alissa Wilkinson, who makes her debut as a Christianity Today...

July 24, 2008

Sympathy for the Devil: Derrickson on “Paradise Lost”

When the sun sets on the new remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still,...

July 23, 2008

Today’s interview: Do you want to believe in “The X-Files” again?

I've just seen The X-Files 2: I Want to Believe, and my review will be...

July 23, 2008

Thomas Hibbs Gets “The Dark Knight.” Plus: Andrew Sarris.

And here... we... GO! Thomas Hibbs from First Things: It would be hard to imagine...

July 22, 2008

Yancey: How C.S. Lewis shaped my faith and writing

Philip Yancey in CT: Lewis has taught me a style of approach that I try...

July 19, 2008

“We care for the environment precisely because God will create a new earth.”

If you ever overhear me muttering threats while I read Christian media, it's likely that...

July 19, 2008

“The Dark Knight”: More Than a Box Office Champ

The Dark Knight set an impressive box office record this weekend. But that's not the...

July 18, 2008

Ladies and gentlemen…

Here she is.

July 18, 2008

Brace Yourselves for “The Dark Knight”

The Dark Knight is my favorite superhero movie for adults. It's every bit as good...

July 16, 2008

Veith on Tolkien’s “Children of Hurin”

As the Over the Rhine song goes: "Like all true believers, I am truly skeptical...

July 15, 2008

Salon: The Ultimate Family DVD List!

A few weeks ago, Andrew O'Hehir asked readers to submit their nominations for Best Family...

July 15, 2008

CT on “Lord, Save Us From Your Followers”

Brandon Fibbs at Christianity Today reports on Lord Save Us From Your Followers: If you...

July 15, 2008

David Horsey on satire

Source here. (via Andrew Sullivan)

July 15, 2008

The Gospel of Judas: The Hoax

Gene Edward Veith notes: Remember the recent furor over the discovery of the ancient manuscript...