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January 2010

January 01, 2010

Looking Closer’s Favorite Movies of 2009, Part One. And an urgent appeal.

It's time for me to join the parade of list-makers... The first part in my...

December 2009

December 24, 2009

Looking Closer’s Favorite Recordings of 2009

June 2009

June 06, 2009

What Movies Are in Your Top Ten List That Aren’t in Anyone Else’s? What Albums?

Looking Closer reader Tyler Petty just came up with a good idea for a discussion...

March 2009

March 26, 2009

Browser: U2 speaks. Filmmakers & Critics Pick Favorites. Buddy Miller.

Here's one of the best U2 interviews I've seen, filmed in Fez. It's not a...

February 2009

February 04, 2009

Michael Leary on “Redeeming Films”

Michael Leary of film-think links to CT Movies' 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2008. And...

December 2008

December 09, 2008

Browser: Gerard Manley Hopkins & Paul Mariani; A moratoriaum on Holocaust films?; Plus, U2, Katherine Heigl, Keanu and more 2008 Film Awards

Paul Mariani, one of my favorite poets, has now penned a new book on Gerard...

December 05, 2008

Browser: Of Billboards, Brando, and the Best of 2008 (Updated 10:25AM)

NPR has the story of Rev. Gloria White Hammond, who brings a "ministry of healing"...

April 2008

April 24, 2008

What’s the Greatest Final Shot of a Feature film?

At Arts and Faith, Buckeye Jones asked a distracting question today: What's your all-time favorite...

February 2008

February 19, 2008

Readers Respond to the CT Movies Critics Choice

It's business as usual as readers respond to the 2007 Critics Choice list at CT...

February 05, 2008

The 2007 Critics’ Choice List from Christianity Today’s Film Critics

You saw the first list, the Most Redeeming Films of 2007. Now, here's the Critics'...

January 2008

January 29, 2008

CTMovies: The Top 10 Most Redeeming Movies of 2007

Okay, here's the first of CTMovies' two annual movie lists... The Top 10 Most Redeeming...

January 20, 2008

Favorite Films of the Decade

Adam Walter's still in the mood for lists. So he's picking his favorite films of...

January 18, 2008

Steven D. Greydanus’s Favorites of 2007

There is no film critic whose writing I enjoy more than Steven D. Greydanus, even...

January 10, 2008

More 2007 Lists Worth Noting

My Netflix queue just went into cardiac arrest as I read about all kinds of...

January 06, 2008

Looking Closer’s 25 Favorite Films of 2007 (With an Introduction About List-Making)

Once upon a time, I was naive enough, and arrogant enough, to post lists of...

December 2007

December 22, 2007

Ask 100+ critics to name the best movie of 2007…

... and they say: There Will Be Blood. The runner-up is quite a surprise too....

December 18, 2007

Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings: 2007

1. I'm Not There - Original Soundtrack What a marvel: a two-disc marathon of Bob...

June 2007

June 29, 2007

Tarkovsky’s Top Ten

At Soul Food Movies, Ron Reed rediscovers Andrei Tarkovsky's top ten movies. Wow. That's a...

February 2007

February 06, 2007

The Top Ten Films of 2006, According to Christianity Today

The film critics of Christianity Today Movies have voted. And these are the Cream of...

January 2007

January 16, 2007

Conversations with Critics About Favorite Films of 2006

It was the year of the endangered baby. Tsotsi, L'Enfant, The Nativity Story, Pan's Labyrinth,Children of Men... all...

December 2006

December 21, 2006

Indiewire Critics Rate the Best of 2006

Thanks to Doug Cummings for posting this link. It represents the votes of a long...

December 19, 2006

Slant Critics: Two Intriguing Year’s-Best Lists.

I'm listening to the critics at Slant Magazine this year. Why? Well, because both of...

December 06, 2006

Why Is “The New World” on 2005 Best-Lists If Malick Finished It in 2006?

The final cut of Terrence Malick's The New World was not finished until January 2006....

January 2006

January 09, 2006

Michael Leary’s Top 10 of 2005

One of my favorite film writers, Michael Leary, who blogs at ImageFacts, sees more of...

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 02, 2006

My Favorite Films of 2005

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

November 2005

November 30, 2005

Top Five Spiritually Significant Films

What would you choose as the Top Five Spiritually Significant Films you've ever seen? The...

November 21, 2005

Specials: Sermon contest! 100 spiritually significant films! Gibson sues CleanFlicks (for Jesus’ sake)! Ebert loved Oprah!

Monday's specials: Will Your Pastor's Sermon win Narnia Sermon Contest? In other words, can your...

November 07, 2005

The Arts and Faith Top 100

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

June 2005

June 10, 2005

Specials: Top 1000 Movies, Pathetic Pink Panther

Today's specials: HALLIWELL'S TOP 1,000 MOVIES INCLUDES SURPRISES I'd like to see the full list,...