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June 2004

June 22, 2004

Ron Reed on the 100 Most Spiritually Significant Films

Film critic Ron Reed considers the Arts & Faith Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films today...

June 21, 2004

After the Backlash: Some Support from CT Readers

After the lashings I received from Christianity Today readers for my film commentaries there over...

June 21, 2004

NYTimes fact-checks Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11

I'm not pro-Moore, I'm not anti-Moore. I'm pro-truth, and sometimes, Moore's offering us the truth....

June 21, 2004

As if I didn’t have enough to do…

I'm now writing the new movie-news blog at CT, which they've titled Reel News. This...

June 21, 2004

America’s Heart and Soul… and Rage: “The Hot Commodity”

David Poland is oh-so-right about America's Heart and Soul: Louis Schwartzberg went out into the...

June 21, 2004

Ray Bradbury’s Mad about Moore’s Movie Title

Here's the story.

June 20, 2004

Trampin’ Tramples Wisdom, but Van Lear Rose Triumphs.

Just listened to the new Patti Smith album Trampin' , which is one of the...

June 18, 2004

How Fair is Fahrenheit 911?

From The Hollywood Reporter: Even if one agrees with all of Moore's arguments, the film...

June 17, 2004

Ten Questions You’re Asking about Spielberg’s The Terminal

1. Is it worth seeing? Yes. 2. Why is it worth seeing? Because it's Tom...

June 17, 2004

Fred Clark on the Rampage about Christian Art

Check out this three-part series on "Christian art"... ...over at Slacktivist. Preach it, brother.

June 17, 2004

A New Head Honcho in the the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office for Film and Broadcasting

Mark Shea reports on the appointment of a new head guy in the Catholic office...

June 16, 2004

“Charming and Dangerous”

My collegue-in-blogging Clint M. pointed me to this review of Sam Phillips' "A Boot and...

June 16, 2004

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, a True Time-Waster

Just came out of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story beaten senseless by the locker room...

June 15, 2004

First Look at The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Can you feel the chill? The Witch's winter is coming... Here's a glimpse of Aslan,...

June 15, 2004

It Probably Won’t Be Remembered As “Around the World in 80 Raves”

Decent Films' Steven D. Greydanus raves... "The most aggressively stupid film I have seen in...

June 15, 2004

A few snippets of my wild day today…

My brother Jason, singer/songwriter/composer for the a capella group Rescue, is in the emergency room...

June 12, 2004

Email of the Day

For what it's worth, I posted a response at CT Movies to all of those...

June 09, 2004

A “Thank You” 20 Years in the Making

I have wanted to meet Sam Phillips since 1986. That dream has become increasingly strong...

June 08, 2004

Tidal Wave of Raves for The Life Aquatic

Peppered with CAPITALIZED EXPLETIVES (you've been warned), the early screening "reviews" (better: unedited, sloppy, gushing...

June 07, 2004

My Favorite Response to Saved!

The best response to the movie Saved! that I've heard yet is a one-line quip...

June 07, 2004

Loving to Hate the Hateful

When people ask me to "define Christian criticism," I find it much easier to say...

June 06, 2004

That’s Me… “Shatterer of Dreams”

I received this in my email box today, with the strange subject of "Remainder"... Dear...

June 05, 2004

P.J. Harvey’s Latest Arrives on Tuesday

P.J. Harvey's latest, Uh Huh Her, arrives on Tuesday. I'll have a review as soon...

June 05, 2004

Jeff Berryman Plays C.S. Lewis

Jeff Berryman is not just a fine novelist. He's one of my favorite actors. And...

June 05, 2004

The Arts & Faith Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films

Arts & Faith is pleased to announce the 2004 Top100 list of spiritually significant films....

June 04, 2004

Attention, Harry Potter Fans. (This morning’s difficulties.)

This morning's upload of the site didn't work, so there were some missing links and...

June 03, 2004

‘Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?’ – Obi-Wan Kenobi

Frederick Buechner, in The Faces of Jesus, writes... If the world is sane, then Jesus...

June 03, 2004

After Reading the Rage-Mail, Take a “Long Pause”

Darren Hughes’ Long Pauses is one of my almost-daily stops. Imagine my surprise when I...

June 03, 2004

Weirdest Movie News of the Day: Joan of Bark?

Since Paul Thomas Anderson recently directed Adam Sandler in a film, hey, why not have...

June 03, 2004

Sam Phillips… live in Seattle this Tuesday.

Sam Phillips is playing this Tuesday at the Century Ballroom in Seattle. I’ll be there....