Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Religious Music and Entertainment

Love

Select a Category Action Movies Animated Christ Classical Film Divinity Faith Finding God Goodness Happiness Heaven Horror Films International Film Judging Love Ministering Mortality Movies Musicals Religion Repentence Rom-Coms Sin Trials Truth TV Shows Uncategorized Valiance Worth

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 March 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 October 2023 August 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021

August 2025

August 26, 2025

The Descendants and Trials

Sorry if I got your hopes up: no, this isn't about that Disney Channel movie...

July 2025

July 15, 2025

House of Flying Daggers and Loyalty

Let's travel overseas for this week's piece and look at Zhang Yamou's operatic martial-arts epic, The...

July 08, 2025

East of Eden and Goodness

Today's confession: I don't really care much for Rebel Without a Cause. Not hating, it's...

July 01, 2025

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Childlike Innocence

I'm not sure what specifically is driving me to write about this film this week....

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Prisoners and Complicity

Denis Villeneuve's 2013 film, Prisoners, is somewhat unique among the movies discussed on this blog....

January 07, 2025

Monsieur Ibrahim and Love

While I do try to write for an interfaith audience, I'll acknowledge up and front...

December 2024

December 24, 2024

Ben is Back and Love

Here's a question to mull over this Christmas season: when we talk of Christ and...

October 2024

October 22, 2024

Sunshine Cleaning and Love

Between my readings of both Enchanted and Arrival, I think this is the third time...

September 2024

September 24, 2024

Sweet Bird of Youth and Value

Today our attention turns to one of Paul Newman's most underrated works, Richard Brooks' 1962...

June 2024

June 11, 2024

The Skeleton Twins and Solidarity

Today's film deals with some heavy topics, most notably suicide, which will be discussed in...

April 2024

April 30, 2024

Rain Man and Selfishness

I've heard it said before that one of the hardest trials a person can be...

April 09, 2024

Onward and Love

One of the most human of feelings is missing something that you can never have,...

April 02, 2024

Ikiru and Heaven

I consider myself relatively lucky in the way of work. Overall, I have been fortunate...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

Casablanca and Selflessness

Someone let me know: were airports even locales of such sweeping romance before 1942? Before...

October 2023

October 17, 2023

Butterflies Are Free and True Liberation

"I could love you if you'd let me." So sings Don Baker, one of the...

February 2023

February 07, 2023

Roma and Love

Telling a story through any medium is an innately personal endeavor, but the process can...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Precious Heartbreak

The appeal of Michel Gondry's 2004 romance, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, rests on...

January 10, 2023

Passengers and the Heavenly Life

As a film enthusiast, there's a little game I like to play called "which movies...

October 2022

October 06, 2022

Stand By Me and Love’s Lasting Mark

I remember an experience I had in 9th grade P.E. This was the rare class...

August 2022

August 02, 2022

Moulin Rouge! and Freedom

When we talked about Chicago, I noted how that film displays the allure of sin...

July 2022

July 17, 2022

Leon: The Professional and Goodness in a Fallen World

Like many of the films we discuss here, there are a lot of internal contradictions...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Jurassic Park and True Godliness

Well, Jurassic World: Dominion comes out really soon, so naturally I've been thinking about the...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

“IT” and Strength through Faith

In my piece on "Black Swan," I confessed that growing up, R-rated films were a...

April 07, 2022

Lady and the Tramp and Endless Love

In my old age, I consistently ask myself why Disneyland still hasn't given us a...

December 2021

December 09, 2021

A Patch of Blue and Altruism

Well, the new West Side Story is coming out tomorrow, so why not talk about...

October 2021

October 01, 2021

Coco and Familial Connection

Of the twelve or so moments that make me tear up in Coco, there's one...

August 2021

August 02, 2021

The Boy and the Beast and Human Flaws

Going to church would be much easier without all the people getting in the way,...

July 2021

July 17, 2021

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Ministering

Alright. We're fresh off of Disney and Alfred Hitchcock on my docket of spotlighted movies....

June 2021

June 16, 2021

A Perfect World and The Lamb and the Lion

The icon of "the lamb and the lion" originates from the book of Isaiah and...