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October 2017

October 13, 2017

OCD, Stephen King’s IT, and Facing Our Fear

OCD and Fear I have struggled with bouts of OCD since my teenage years. When...

August 2017

August 08, 2017

Devastating, Searing, and Nuanced: Kathryn Bigelow’s DETROIT

I saw the film Detroit (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) this weekend. I left the theatre shaken,...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

What Flannery O’Connor Might Say to Christian Moviemakers, Musicians, and Artists

For many, barely-Christian thought, even that which dips its toe affirmatively in heretical thinking or...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

The Problem of Always Externalizing Evil

Our world is full of people who think that evil is only external to them....

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Why FARGO Is My Favorite Film (Part 2)

Yesterday, I wrote about the first reason the Coen brothers' Fargo is my favorite film...

May 24, 2017

Why FARGO Is My Favorite Film (Part 1)

Last week, prompted by a great question coming from the podcast Assumptions, I asked you...

May 16, 2017

Assumptions: A Podcast in Which an Atheist and a Christian Talk about Stories

Did you guys know that this is not the only place on the internet where...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Resources for Christians Learning about Race, Class, Poverty, and Justice

It is easy to overestimate what we think we understand about another human being's experience,...

April 10, 2017

A Man Called Ove: Neighbors Are Our Lifeblood

The best way I can describe the Swedish film, A Man Called Ove, is this:...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

On Streaming: A Film about McCarthyism, Edward R. Murrow, and Courage

In the 2005 George Clooney-directed black and white film, Good Night and Good Luck, a...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Dispatch from the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival: Empathy at the Movies

The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is currently being held in Missoula, Montana. This year,...

August 2016

August 09, 2016

The Bicycle Thief: Humanizing Criminal and Crime Victim

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Abortion: Beyond the Culture Wars to Story–4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, and 2 DAYS

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

May 10, 2016

The Armor of Light and a Town Hall about Guns in America on PBS TONIGHT

If my past review of The Armor of Light (a film about Rev. Rob Schenck,...

May 02, 2016

2001: A Space Odyssey

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

Revised Blogging Schedule for Film Series

Oh, readers. I have been getting so behind on my commitments. That includes my commitment...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Babette’s Feast: New Creation and Easter’s Resurrection

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

March 18, 2016

Ozu’s Tokyo Story and the Struggle to Honor Our Parents

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

March 02, 2016

THE SEVENTH SEAL, the Hiddenness of God, and the Inescapability of Death

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

INTO GREAT SILENCE: Joy and Vocation in the Cloister

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

IKIRU: “To Live” as God’s Mask

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

January 23, 2016

SPOTLIGHT: A Film about Why We Need In-Depth Investigative Journalists in An Era of Clickbait

Note: I do my best to keep this review as spoiler free as possible. I...

January 15, 2016

Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet Asks Us If Miracles Are Possible

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

January 07, 2016

A New Year, A New Series: The Intersection of Film and Faith

For the past few months, a combination of busyness, frustration with the state of blogging...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Rob Schenck’s Consistently Prolife Ethic (Guns, Abortion, and All) in THE ARMOR OF LIGHT

Editor's Note: This piece is part of a conversation Patheos is hosting on the new...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Show Me a Hero: HBO’s Zeitgeisty Historical Miniseries Deals with Housing Desegregation in the ’80s

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy," F. Scott Fitzgerald said....

August 20, 2015

Straight Outta Compton: Some Truth, But Too Much Hagiography

I went to Straight Outta Compton (directed by F. Gary Gray) this week because I...

August 17, 2015

With Pathos and Humor, The Skeleton Twins Evokes Water as Both Life and Death

Water can mean death. It can be a place of drowning, suicide, natural disaster. For...

August 03, 2015

Blood Brother: A Documentary That Shows How Deeds Can Preach

Rocky Braat, a pretty ordinary young American man, goes to India with a friend. He...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Creativity–and Goals for This Blog

This weekend, I spent a large portion of time binge-watching HBO's The Newsroom, which just...

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