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December 2009

December 04, 2009

Tear Me Down: Why Hedwig still Rocks Twenty Years after the Wall

Check out Richard Lindsay's review of Hedwig and the Angry Inch after the jump. "Have...

December 03, 2009

A Fate Worse Than Death?

Roland Emmerich's disaster films are escapist fantasies that imagine how we humans will respond in...

December 02, 2009

The World's Dead, But At Least the Family Survived

There's an interesting thread to Roland Emmerich's disaster films. Against the backdrop of alien invasions...

November 2009

November 20, 2009

Jesus, This Was Boring…

"But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to...

November 17, 2009

They Killed Sister Dorothy

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his...

November 13, 2009

Not So Wild Things

Getting into the mind of a 12-year-old boy is no easy task. Crafting that internal...

November 04, 2009

Two Films in One…

"I'd love to watch that film with the Women's Studies Group at the Graduate Theological...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

Screwball Theology

Film and religion professor Terry Lindvall recently alerted me to Theodora Goes Wild (1936), a...

October 23, 2009

Seriously, God…

It's hard to talk about the Coen brothers' most spiritual film, because in one way...

October 15, 2009

Stardom and Spirituality

This fall, I have been teaching a course entitled Theological Crises and the Development of...

October 12, 2009

Anticipating Antichrist

Lars von Trier's Antichrist is one of the few films that I really want to...

August 2009

August 19, 2009

District 9: A Pop Theology Conversation

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay and I discuss one of the year's best movies after...

August 03, 2009

(Un)Funny People

In his only talking role in The Unholy Three , silent film star Lon Chaney...

July 2009

July 24, 2009

A Princely Offering

Thankfully, with each new Harry Potter film, I have a thoroughly enjoyable experience while being...

July 20, 2009

Irreversible: A Review

I recently heard a story about the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa who, upon accepting...

July 09, 2009

Bay's Movie(s) not Transforming

Two things we know about Michael Bay: he loves to blow stuff up and he...

July 03, 2009

Starting the Conversation: Film, Homosexuality, and the Church

Dr. Frank Tupper recently attempted to lead a seminar on Baptists, homosexuality, and the Church...

June 2009

June 21, 2009

Year One: In the Beginning, There Was Schtick

A romp of Biblical ridiculousness proves there's nothing new under the sun. Review by Richard...

June 17, 2009

Theologians' Favorite Films, Part 3

After the jump, view the third and final group of theologians discussing their favorite films....

June 16, 2009

Theologians' Favorite Films, Part 2

After the jump, view the second group of theologians discuss their favorite films. Theologians' Favorite...

June 15, 2009

Theologians' Favorite Films, Part 1

At the Transforming Theology conference at Claremont this spring, Tripp Fuller and I interviewed the...

June 08, 2009

The World's Worst Movie?

One of the great things about TCM is that they show the sublime and the...

June 04, 2009

Up-lifting the Spirit

Without a doubt, Pixar is one of the most creative and successful animation studios in...

June 02, 2009

Conversations with Barry Taylor: Part 1 & 2

Last week, I attended the second session of the Transforming Theology Conference down at Claremont....

May 2009

May 28, 2009

Sound and Fury

Things have been a bit lax around here with comprehensive exams highjacking all my time...

May 12, 2009

Star Trek: A Pop Theology Conversation

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past week or so, you've heard...

May 07, 2009

Is This Real Life…

I have to admit, I loved Jean-Claude Van Damme films when I was a kid. ...

May 04, 2009

Sleep Tight

I really enjoy a good revenge thriller, which is what attracted me to Akira Kurosawa's...

May 04, 2009

Speaking Truth to Power

With the increased political and economic crises plaguing our country, how will filmmakers respond? Will...

May 03, 2009

Don't Believe the (Negative) Hype

Earlier last week, Rotten Tomatoes had X-Men Origins: Wolverine rated 100%. It has since plummeted...