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December 2021

December 17, 2021

Top 10 Books of 2021

Turns out books are controversial again. Some states are banning them. Amazon is doing likewise,...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

Book Recommendation: Culture Care by Mako Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura's excellent book called Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life is...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

Book Recommendation: Surprised by Hope

One of my favorite N.T. Wright books is on a major Kindle sale ($1.99 when...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Top 10 Albums of 2017

Here is a list of tracks, one from each my favorite albums of 2017 (in no particular...

September 2015

September 06, 2015

We’re All Going to Die: a light-hearted review and analysis of Ex Machina (2015)

Alex Garland’s Ex Machina is a smart, sci-fi thriller starring Domnhall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

2014 was the Tops: Lists of Varying Sizes and/or Degrees: MUSIC

1. NICKEL CREEK: A Dotted Line Perhaps my most anticipated record of the past few...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

A Review of McDonagh’s Calvary: Reflections on a Good Priest

Spoiler alert (or should I say plot revealer?). If you don’t 1) already know what...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

My life. All of our lives, really: a review of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood (2014)

Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s newest film, may be duly described as spectacular. The film was released...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

“Ah, this life, this world”: Four Reasons Why I Love Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

In anticipation of the release of Lila, her latest novel, in early autumn (available for...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Review: Philip Gröning’s Into Great Silence (2006)

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If...

March 2014

March 09, 2014

Lies, Damned Lies: a review of Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine, starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin and Louis C.K. is written and directed by...

February 2014

February 02, 2014

Review: The Tree of Life (2011)

The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Jessica Chastain, is written and...