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June 2012

June 06, 2012

Looking Forward from E3

I fancy myself a bit of a gamer. Here on our world tour, I've allowed...

June 05, 2012

Remembering it Right

A fuller engagement with media (film, music, novels, etc.) requires not only an active imagination...

June 04, 2012

The New Snow White: Like Disney, But With More Skull-Crushing

Richard here. There comes a point--maybe it’s after studying a bunch of obscure films for...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

The Heroine's Journey: Richard's Pan's Labyrinth Paper Finally Gets Published

Richard here. After six years of developing and submitting (and re-submitting, and re-submitting) a paper...

May 18, 2012

Right Fight, Wrong Dystopia: Two Cheers for the Hunger Games

Richard here. In the spirit of going ahead and writing about things even though they’ve...

May 18, 2012

A Past Without a Future…A Future Without a Past

Traveling throughout Southeast Asia, my wife Amy and I have seen labor exploitation up close....

May 09, 2012

Virtual Worlds Overtake Us

The more vivid your memories of the '80s, the more you'll love Ernest Cline's Ready...

May 03, 2012

The Psychology of Joss Whedon

In a recent movie post over at Deadspin, Tim Grierson and Will Leitch posted about...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Bully

Richard here. Bully is a raw and disturbing documentary about harassment in schools--a long overdue...

April 26, 2012

Society Needs to Crumble

Joss Whedon's latest film, The Cabin in the Woods, directed by and co-written with Drew...

April 20, 2012

The Ten Commandments of 1923: The Exodus, Take One

Richard here. Adding some more wisdom culled from the notes of my dissertation, here's the...

April 19, 2012

Much More Than Coming of Age

With The Magician King, his sequel to The Magicians, Lev Grossman has provided yet another...

April 07, 2012

The Quest for Contemporary Christian Music that doesn't Suck

One of the great things about teaching a class on pop culture and religion is...

April 07, 2012

Consistently, Quietly Brilliant

There are few filmmakers that I get as excited about for new productions like I...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

The First Great Ben-Hur

Richard here. PopTheology.com benefits from the fruits of my dissertation labor. Not everything could have...

March 28, 2012

A (Post)Apocalyptic Classic

As a fan of (post)apocalyptic narratives, I'm surprised it took me so long to find...

March 26, 2012

The Hunger Games and the Gospel: A Review

If you're reading this, then you probably contributed to The Hunger Games' wild success at...

March 23, 2012

Changing the Game

Unless you're just a raging bibliophile, I imagine it's almost impossible to complete The Hunger...

March 18, 2012

GCB = Great Camp Burlesque

Richard here with my first post-dissertation post. GCB is the warped new soap/comedy on ABC,...

March 16, 2012

Angelic Mini-Myths

A rather simple definition of myth is either an explanation of being (how and why...

March 09, 2012

It's a Work of Art…But Much More

It's a good thing for American filmmakers nominated for Best Picture this year that the...

March 05, 2012

Don't Worry Donny, These Men Are Nihilists

If, like me, you believe that the Dude abides, then you'll immediately recognize the quote...

March 02, 2012

God, Godiva and Lady Gaga: A Spirituality for Lent

My good friend Andrew Daugherty, Minister of Faith Formation at Myers Park Baptist Church in...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

The Greatest Superstar

In a recent bracket of favorite Jesus movies over at The Huffington Post, the final...

February 22, 2012

Helping "The Help"

Richard Lindsay with a few thoughts on The Help's Oscar campaign and the work of...

February 15, 2012

A Panic Takes Hold

Like all great films, Jeff Nichols' latest film, Take Shelter, speaks to the times in...

February 10, 2012

Our Devilish Natures

Few contemporary scholars are offering up work that is as interdisciplinary, informative, and entertaining as...

February 06, 2012

A Family Mess

In one of his recent film articles for the Baptist Press, Phil Boatwright bemoaned the...

February 03, 2012

The Monstrous Passion

Ryan here. In a couple of weeks, I'll be departing on a world tour of...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

(Not So) Shockingly Bohemian

The "liberalism" of Hollywood has long been a point of discussion for cultural critics, film...

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