A Dark Valley…
This year, two major films will examine the effects of the Iraq War on American soil. While we do not physically experience the…
The Ultimate What If…
Films are the great hypothetical (forgive the Shaquille O’Neal analogy). We can easily ask of any character in a film, “What if I…
$40 Million and Two Movies
Lately, I have been putting together a syllabus for a course I want to teach on sports and theology, religion, spirituality, ethics…. I…
Life on Pause…
Last fall I eagerly awaited the release of Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep. I was intrigued by the artistic creations shown in…
The Threat of Nonbeing
How can a filmmaker visualize scent? How does a director convey odor? The senses of taste, touch, and smell escape the filmmaker when…
All About the Music?
A couple of months ago, Alan Ackridge, a friend and youth minister in North Carolina, shared a brief post on spirituality and contemporary…
SUCCESS…
I doubt that any group of filmmakers have been under the amount of pressure to create a successful film like the writers and…
Darker Arts…
The new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (directed by David Yates) hit theaters last week, uncoincidentally close…