Raging Devil: DAREDEVIL and the Failure of Imagination
Posts have been sparse on Pop Theology over the last few months. Richard and I are working to correct that. Of course, with…
Movie Review: Ex Machina
Alex Garland‘s Ex Machina, his first as writer and director, proves that you don’t need eight-figure budgets to make a smart, thrilling sci-fi film, although seamless…
‘Metalhead’ and the Community of Resurrection
Metalhead, an Icelandic film written and directed by Ragnar Bragason, premiered in fall of 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival,…
Movie Review: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Alex Gibney’s latest film, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, feels more like a horror film than a documentary. Scientology survivors’ accounts…
Book Review: DID GOD KILL JESUS?
I’ve got a Godfather 3 type relationship with the church. Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in. Communities and…
Timbuktu
The recent Oscar-nominated foreign language film, Timbuktu, is the most important film of the decade. I know that such comments often sound like grandstanding,…
SELMA
Ryan Parker had the chance to talk with cast members from Selma, including David Oyelowo, Wendell Pierce, and Common, as well as director…
Disquiet Time: A Review
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a productive streak of quiet times: portions of the day devoted to scripture reading and…
