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February 2025

February 28, 2025

Christian Movie Season Is Here. And It Looks Crowded.

Movies go in seasons. And those seasons, like winter in New Hampshire, tend to come...

June 2024

June 06, 2024

‘Sight’ Reminds Us That We Can All Be Blind

The movie Sight came out a couple of weeks ago. It was released alongside the...

December 2023

December 03, 2023

Five Christmas Movies from 2023 That Hint at the True Meaning of Christmas

It’s been quite the year for Christmas movies. I’ve seen a sleigh full of them,...

September 2023

September 02, 2023

God. Family. Football: The Connection Between the Gridiron and God

The most striking moment in the opening episode of God. Family. Football. isn’t a jaw-dropping...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

Jesus Revolution is Great—and Timely

In The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton said that the Christian faith has a peculiar character....

May 2022

May 09, 2022

No Multiverse in No Vacancy, But It Offers a Strange, and Inspiring, Turn

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness gobbled up a whole multiverse of money this...

April 2022

April 25, 2022

In Honor of The Most Reluctant Convert Now Streaming, Here Are 20 Great C.S. Lewis Quotes

Last November, a quiet little Christian movie rolled into a handful of theaters nationwide. Based...

April 14, 2022

Four Lessons to Take From Father Stu

As an actor, Mark Wahlberg has been a cop and a crook, a boxer and...

October 2020

October 25, 2020

The Healing Garden is a Very, Very Christian Movie (For Better and Worse)

I can’t tell you when you’ll be able to see The Healing Garden. My understanding...

December 2019

December 22, 2019

The 12 Best Non-Christian Christian Movies of the Decade

Hollywood and heaven have never been next-door neighbors. Look, most movie studios want to encourage...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Pilgrim’s Progress is Instructive, Inspiring … and Utterly Insane

I've never read Pilgrim's Progress. As a college English major, you think I would've. And...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Pope Francis May Be ‘a Man of His Word,’ But What Does He Say?

A paradox lies at the heart of the new documentary Pope Francis: A Man of...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

What Do Christian Movies Need? More Poetry.

It’s nearly Easter, and when you’re in my curious line of work, that can mean...

March 26, 2018

Just in Time For Easter, Bringing the Good News to the Small Screen

We're in the midst of Holy Week now, a time when Christians commemorate Jesus' final...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Why Don’t Christians Like Good Movies?

Sometimes, I don't get us. We Christian moviegoers can sound oh-so-superior when we critique Christian...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

‘They Don’t Make These Movies Anymore.’ Producer Ralph Winter Talks About The Promise

You could call Ralph Winter one of the fathers of the modern cinematic superhero. Before...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Three Things That Make Terrible Christian Movies Great

Heard of Slamma Jamma? I can't recommend it highly enough. It's pretty awful. Or, depending...

March 28, 2017

4 Great, Tough Lessons I Learned From Silence

Silence, Martin Scorsese’s beautiful, difficult and overlooked masterpiece on faith, is out on Blu-Ray and...

March 14, 2017

Lent on the Small Screen: Watch Movies Based on All Four Gospels (and Win One, Too!)

We're in the middle of Lent right now, a time of year when many Christians try...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

You Picked What?! Watching God’s Best Movies of 2016

I love reading year-end lists. I'm not such a big fan of writing them. Hey,...

October 2016

October 07, 2016

Can a Christian Movie Win an Oscar?

The Birth of a Nation hits theaters today, but it's been in the news for...

August 2016

August 24, 2016

What Six Members of Suicide Squad Have to Say About Faith

Say what you want about the fledgling cinematic universe of DC, it beats the spandex...

August 19, 2016

Forget Judah: Ben-Hur is All About Messala

The 1959 version of Ben-Hur is a triumph of filmmaking—one that won 11 Oscars, boasts...

July 2016

July 02, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge: The Poster

This fall is shaping up as a big one for fans of quality, challenging films...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

Director Rodrigo Garcia Talks Last Days in the Desert

Director Rodrigo Garcia is not a particularly religious guy. He jokingly refers to himself as...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

U2’s Bono on Why Christians Need to Get Honest About Art

Bono, lead singer for U2, and Eugene Peterson, author of The Message contemporary Bible translation,...

April 04, 2016

God’s Not Dead 2: The Wrong Fight

God's Not Dead 2, the predictably named sequel to 2014's surprise hit God's Not Dead,...

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Miracles From Heaven Could’ve Been Unwatchable. Here’s What Makes It Good.

Miracles From Heaven is an atypical typical Christian movie. And that’s a good thing. I...

March 13, 2016

Knight of Cups: The Christian Visions of Terrence Malick

We’re in the midst of a cascade of Christian movies right now. Risen. The Young...

March 09, 2016

The Young Messiah: Waking Up

When do we become ourselves? When do we realize who we are? For most of...