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November 2014

November 03, 2014

Toward a Definition of “Religious Movies”

Last week, I got the itch to write about how we talk about what a...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

Watching Well: Developing the Intellectual Virtue of Curiosity

I'm writing a series of articles for the "Reel Spirituality" project at Fuller Seminary's Brehm...

October 08, 2014

Lazy Cultural Engagement

Last week I wrote a little something for Christianity Today about "lazy cultural engagement": In the...

August 2014

August 15, 2014

“Calvary” and the High Risks of Pursuing a Vocation

The film Calvary, which features Brendan Gleeson as a good priest staring down the end...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

The Good Ministers

Last week at Christianity Today, I enlisted my friends to help come up with a...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Confessions of a Christian Film Critic

I'm a Christian and a film critic, so I found myself nodding along the whole...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

A Film Festival and a Church, Together

There's a lot of discussion in both the religious world and the film world about...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Dear Mr. Watterson

Last week at Christianity Today, we published a review of the new documentary Dear Mr. Watterson, about...

October 2013

October 07, 2013

Where’d We Get Movie Popcorn?

Well, I've got to say - I'm usually not someone who complains about Mondays, but...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

Last Temptation Turns Twenty-Five

Last week at Christianity Today Movies, we published a piece on the controversial Martin Scorsese film The...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Before Midnight: A Different Understanding of Love

Before Midnight, the third film in the "Before" trilogy starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (which...

November 2012

November 17, 2012

After Seeing Lincoln, I Wanted to Sit in Stunned, Reflective Silence

Once in a great while when I see a film in a theater, I find...