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February 2016

February 21, 2016

It’s not just Jesus who rises again in Risen: It’s Christian filmmaking.

Jesus’ death and resurrection has been dramatized in countless movies—from 1927’s The King of Kings...

February 08, 2016

The Prejudice Against Christian Zombies

I was pretty disappointed with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which was released this past...

February 01, 2016

Sundance Hit Birth of a Nation Reportedly Shows Complex Christianity

The Birth of a Nation won the top two honors at the Sundance Film Festival...

December 2015

December 02, 2015

Beautiful Darkness: An Interview With William Riead, Director of The Letters

Mother Teresa isn't a saint. Not yet officially, at any rate. But for many of...

November 2015

November 16, 2015

We Need to See More Movies Like ‘The 33’

Theaters are full of secular movies where God's name is mainly used as a curse....

October 2015

October 26, 2015

This May Be the Year’s Best Movie—And It’s Weirdly Christian

War Room is this year's Christian smash. Its core evangelical audience has helped the Kendrick...

October 23, 2015

How the World’s Worst Movie is Technically Christian

I have a soft spot in my heart (and possibly on the brain) for bad movies....

October 08, 2015

Does God Want You to Do Great Things? Phil Vischer De-Disneys a Popular Myth in Kids’ Entertainment

Phil Vischer has always been one of my favorite storytellers. My kids drew up watching...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

The Season of the Sorta-Secular Christian Movie

Last year was called the year of the faith-based movie, and in a lot of...

September 11, 2015

Can You Actually Spend 90 Minutes in Heaven … and Come Back?

90 Minutes in Heaven, released today, is reportedly the true story of a man who...

September 02, 2015

Ben Hur, 1925: When Christian Movies Were Just … Movies

A few days ago, a reporter interviewed me about the Christian movie industry—whether there should...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

A Peek at the Christian Movie Woodlawn

If there's anything the Tim Tebow phenomenon has taught us, we Christians love our Christian...

July 2015

July 10, 2015

To Be Or Not To Be? That’s the Question for the Christian Movie Genre

"Have you seen God's Not Dead yet?" An elderly gentleman at my gym asks me...

June 2015

June 03, 2015

Behind the Curtain With Beyond the Mask

Most of us know what a Christian movie looks like: It’s a gentle kitchen-table drama....

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Heaven Is For-Gettable (at Least In Movies)

LifeWay Christian Resources recently announced that they won't be selling any more books dealing with...

April 03, 2015

God Spoils the Ending

It’s Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate Jesus’ crucifixion and death. It’s a strange day...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

Mark Burnett and Roma Downey Talk A.D.

What’s a great way to make a hit movie or miniseries? Base it on a...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Should Churches Be Movie Houses, Too?

Have you heard of the movie Hoovey? Probably not, I'm guessing. Hoovey is a little...

December 2014

December 08, 2014

When the Game Stands Tall Comes to Video, Saves Christmas (Or, at Least, Christian Moviemaking)

Oh, Kirk Cameron. Word has it that America’s best-known Christian actor (that is, the actor...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

An Earnest Appreciation of P.D. James

English writer P.D. James died yesterday at the age of 94. She told the BBC...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Entertaining Churches, Preachy Movies

I had breakfast with an old friend of mine yesterday morning. He’d done some work...

October 22, 2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings, Sneak Peak

I had a chance to see about 40 minutes worth of footage from Exodus: Gods...

October 19, 2014

Celebrate Diversity … in Christian Film

Salon’s Edwin Lyngar thinks that Christian films are awful. He’s not alone in that. I...

October 06, 2014

Are You Excited for Exodus: Gods and Kings?

It’s probably a bit of a stretch to call 2014 the Year of the Christian...

October 03, 2014

Left Behind: Not Altogether Bad

I sort of enjoyed the new Left Behind movie. But I enjoy meals from a...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

Christian Movies Go Mainstream (Sorta)

I was reading an interesting article from the New York Post regarding the surge of...