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December 2005

December 29, 2005

Sufjan Stevens is my new hero.

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

October 2005

October 05, 2005

Specials: Gromit! Whedon! LAT on Narnia! More!

Quote of the day: highlighted by Jeff Berryman at The Daily Hopper: "A spinning coin...

August 2005

August 28, 2005

Specials: Staub. Art quotes. Capote. More news.

Today's specials: Dick Staub says "I believe..." Wow. Right on. And speaking of inspirational writing......

July 2005

July 15, 2005

Wenders on "the loud and the lurid"

Thanks so much to GreenCine Daily for posting this link to Naked Punch: Wim Wenders:...

April 2005

April 30, 2005

Quote of the day:

Via Movie City News, Jennifer Jason Leigh: "In mainstream movies the woman’s role is mostly...

March 2005

March 21, 2005

Chattaway goes to a lecture by Ron Reed

What happens when a reviewer I admire goes to hear a lecture by a stage-director...

February 2005

February 04, 2005

What Makes a Great Film? Here’s an Answer … from a Poet.

In a book called Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, by the poet Jane...

January 2005

January 28, 2005

Clint Eastwood Denies Advocating You-Know-What

I'm not going to spoil the ending to "Million Dollar Baby." But for those of...

January 19, 2005

Terry Gilliam Talks About Christianity

The man who guards the Bridge of Death speaks: "With Life of Brian we were...

January 14, 2005

What’s a Parable?

My friend Ron Reed happened to quote writer C.H. Dodd today in offering the definition...

July 2004

July 09, 2004

Bracing for the Backlash to My Anchorman Review…

"What a glutton for punishment you are," my colleague Mr. Greydanus said to me after...

July 08, 2004

A few words from G.K. Chesterton…

And now three words of wisdom from our mentor... "Bigotry may be roughly defined as...

June 2004

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 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 01, 2004

Move Review Quote of the Week: The Day After Tomorrow

The New Yorker's Anthony Lane, describing what happened in the theatre halfway through The Day...

May 2004

May 25, 2004

A Verse for Writers and Other Artists

As I plunge headlong through a jam-packed, stress-heavy workday, I am reminded of a Scripture...

May 13, 2004

Frederick Buechner – The Movie

Okay, chalk this up on the MUST-SEE MOVIES list... Great Laughter is a documentary about...