Sleep Tight
I really enjoy a good revenge thriller, which is what attracted me to Akira Kurosawa‘s The Bad Sleep Well. While its plot of…
Speaking Truth to Power
With the increased political and economic crises plaguing our country, how will filmmakers respond? Will we have an over-indulgence of diversions or will…
Dwight Schrute is Flipping Pancakes…
Actually, Rainn Wilson has started up an interesting website called Soul Pancake that wants to “make discussions about Spirituality, Creativity, and Philosophy cool…
Don’t Believe the (Negative) Hype
Earlier last week, Rotten Tomatoes had X-Men Origins: Wolverine rated 100%. It has since plummeted to a 38% rating (15% on the top…
Watch the Trouble
For those of you lucky enough to have HBO, tune in tonight to watch Trouble the Water, one of Pop Theology’s Top 10…
Screening Worship
At its basic level, Michael G. Bausch’s Silver Screen Sacred Story: Using Multimedia in Worship is about change in the church. The questions…
A Season Has Changed
In their song, “Live Free,” Son Volt sings, “The season has changed; I want to see you in it; The lights that shine…
Ten Questions with Brent Plate
Religious Dispatches just posted a Q & A with religion and film expert S. Brent Plate around his new book, Film and Religion: …
Make Up Your Mind Already…
It’s not unusual for even secular apocalyptic films to have religious under/overtones. As a meteor hurdles to earth or aliens poise for attack,…