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January 2014

January 29, 2014

Wounded Healers

Two smaller "indie" films are getting vastly different treatment this awards season. The first, Enough Said,...

January 19, 2014

August: Osage County: Family Ties that Bind–and Gag

August: Osage County is the kind of drama that theater critics used to accuse gay...

January 17, 2014

Surviving His Own Innocence

It's that time of year again when, for really no good reason, I scramble to...

January 07, 2014

Film Favorites from 2013

As usual, Richard and I are a little late with our "Best Of" list for...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

The Sin Carries the Punishment

Few films among the contenders for Best Picture in the run up to awards season...

December 24, 2013

Boring but Beautiful

The biggest lie being perpetrated this holiday season (aside from the hyper-commercialization of Christmas) is...

December 06, 2013

A Cheap Revenge

Park Chan-Wook's Oldboy is one of those films that you never forget. I still remember everything about...

December 02, 2013

Philomena: Shaming Believers and Non-Believers Alike

I love it when theological conversations seamlessly connect my real and "reel" lives. Such was...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Black Nativity: A Review

You've got several choices for holiday films in theaters now from Best Man Holiday to...

November 27, 2013

A Conversation with the Stars of Black Nativity

A couple of weeks ago, I attended my very first press junket, a typical Hollywood...

November 26, 2013

Children of the Revolution

What to write about Catching Fire? It's really good. If you're a fan of the books,...

November 25, 2013

Good movie, great performance

One of last year's best documentary feature nominees is now one of this year's most...

November 20, 2013

“Catching Fire” premiere pays tribute to personal heroes

Pop Theology contributor Steve Sudeth attended Monday night's red carpet premier of the new Hunger Games film, Catching...

November 05, 2013

A Luxurious Recipe for Disaster

I’ve gotten into countless discussions (read: arguments) about the inherent nihilism of Cormac McCarthy’s work....

October 2013

October 31, 2013

What Is It with Gay Men and ‘Carrie?’

One of the joys of living with a partner who was born and raised in...

October 17, 2013

Pirates On the Waterfront

If you pay attention to film reviews or watch SNL, you've seen that scientists have...

October 14, 2013

12 Years a Slave: Review

In his first three feature films, Steve McQueen has addressed an infamous prison hunger strike,...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

On Violent (Re)Actions

In the over-reactionary times in which we find ourselves, few films demand our attention like...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

A Response to Conservative Misreadings of ‘Elysium’

There's not much I can add to Ryan Parker's review of Elysium. I probably liked...

August 13, 2013

Big Budget, Small Story: A Review of ELYSIUM

There were few films that I was as anxious to see this summer as Neill...

August 05, 2013

A Personal and Social Tragedy

Amid all the industry panic over big blockbuster flops this summer, a handful of profitable,...

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 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 08, 2013

Three More From LAFF

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

July 03, 2013

Hell on Earth

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

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 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...