Wounded Healers
Two smaller “indie” films are getting vastly different treatment this awards season. The first, Enough Said, is being praised for Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ career highlighting…
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What Is It with Gay Men and ‘Carrie?’
One of the joys of living with a partner who was born and raised in another country is seeing American pop culture again…
Teorema: God Will Save You from Your Dull Middle-Class Existence
At a dive bar in New Orleans this past January, Ryan and I got together to discuss possibilities for PopTheology.com for the coming…
Total Recall: Remembering It Wholesale
A few weeks ago, I went to see the Colin Ferrell Total Recall remake (directed by Len Wiseman) and was struck by a…
Cecil B. DeMille and Roy’s Rock
In 1958, Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and former Hollywood writer, soon to be known as author of the bestselling prayer book Are…
The New Snow White: Like Disney, But With More Skull Crushing
Richard here. There comes a point–maybe it’s after studying a bunch of obscure films for a graduate degree–that you discover you’re completely culturally…
The Heroine’s Journey: Richard’s Pan’s Labyrinth Paper Finally Gets Published
Richard here. After six years of developing and submitting (and re-submitting, and re-submitting) a paper on the menstrual themes in Pan’s Labyrinth, I…
Bully
Richard here. Bully is a raw and disturbing documentary about harassment in schools–a long overdue call to change school culture to defend kids…
The Ten Commandments of 1923: The Exodus, Take One
Richard here. Adding some more wisdom culled from the notes of my dissertation, here’s the account of Cecil B. DeMille’s first foray into…