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July 2013

July 23, 2013

Putting Away Childish Things

It’s unfortunate that one of this year’s best films won’t get the wide theatrical release...

July 21, 2013

Songs for Dead Children: The Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, MO

Venturing into Middle America to see what middle Americans find entertaining has become a right...

July 17, 2013

Pedro Almodóvar’s “I’m So Excited”: Virtuous Cinema

One of my least favorite ways to address popular culture and religion is to use...

July 16, 2013

A Punk Prayer

With our recent move to L. A. and my participation in the Act One Producers...

July 10, 2013

The New Oldboy Trailer is Here!! The New Oldboy Trailer is Here!!

I don't know that I've ever been more excited to see an upcoming film for...

July 09, 2013

A Religious Pilgrimage…Of Sorts

We spent the long 4th of July weekend down in Santa Ana, CA, visiting friends....

July 08, 2013

Three More From LAFF

I'm slowly rolling out some reviews of films I managed to see at the Los...

July 05, 2013

Bert and Ernie Are Gay—Get Over It

This week, the New Yorker came out with a cover that has already caused an...

July 03, 2013

Hell on Earth

It's a daring thing when a filmmaker asks you to "close your eyes" at the...

July 02, 2013

The Best Movie You’ll Play All Year

A couple of years before his death, Roger Ebert occasionally debated the artistic merits of...

July 01, 2013

Black, Gay and Proud

With the Supreme Court's ruling on both DOMA and California's Proposition 8 last week, many...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

A Horrific Reenactment

The oft-used phrase, "I've never seen anything like it," is often critical hyperbole. I can...

June 27, 2013

A Man of Steel Conversation

One of my favorite pop culture scholars, Tony Mills, wanted to weigh on in the...

June 25, 2013

Yeezus H. Christ: the Self-Apotheosis of Kanye West

I come to review an artist even our unflappable president referred to as a “jackass.”...

June 20, 2013

Five Reasons Why Jesus Isn’t Superman

“My hope for the church is for it to become Gospel-saturated and focused on the...

June 19, 2013

Five Reasons Why Superman Isn’t Jesus

The moment word broke of the new Superman film, Man of Steel, directed by Zack...

June 14, 2013

What is PopTheology?

Ryan: You’d think after blogging for six years we’d know, but it seems like new...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

Dying in the Glass Closet

Prior to gay liberation, gay people, unable to come out, had little choice but to...

May 26, 2013

Star Trek: Into Darkness — Boldly Brimming with Bromance and Story

Continuing the bromance that is PopTheology.com, Ryan and I do a dialogue review for Star...

May 22, 2013

Cooperative Creativity

In preparation for an upcoming film producers' program, I've got a laundry list of films...

May 20, 2013

Eat of My Flesh

Pieta conjures up many beautiful artistic images of Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus,...

May 14, 2013

Iron Man 3 and Mud

I recently saw a couple of films back-to-back that couldn't have been more different (I'm...

May 06, 2013

A Sacred Wonder

I'm currently working on an article on images of trauma in film for the independent...

May 02, 2013

Jesus and John Lennon: Misremembered Messiahs

I had the opportunity to give a talk at the PSR Sacred Snapshots event in...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Film Freedom

In recent years, much has been written about the historical relationship between religion (as an...

April 15, 2013

Psalms of "Black Velvet"

Steve Sudeth with a post on the little-known Charles Bradley, a one-time James Brown impersonator...

April 07, 2013

Super Fun Pack – 3 Music Reviews!

Finally getting around to writing about some music I’ve been listening to for the last...

April 03, 2013

Can I Get an Amen…Or At Least a Gun and a Wad of Cash?

Spring Breakers isn't necessarily the year's first must-see film, but it might be one of...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Musical Indoctrination

Occasional Pop Theology contributor Steve Sudeth shares his thoughts on "raising up a child in...

March 26, 2013

Wedded Bliss?? Hardly.

I find it somewhat fitting that, as the Supreme Court of the United States considers...

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