At Sundance ’18: COME SUNDAY and THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST
Two films at Sundance center on belief, specifically Christian beliefs and what happens when we question them and/or force them on others. In…
At Sundance ’18: AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN
Jim Hosking’s first feature film, The Greasy Strangler, is still making an impact here at Sundance, where it premiered two years ago. Festival-goers…
At Sundance ’18: WHITE RABBIT
Daryl Wein found his inspiration for his latest film, White Rabbit, premiering in the NEXT category here at Sundance, in performance artist and…
At Sundance ’18: PITY
Premiering at Sundance last year, Ingrid Goes West was a dark comedy that explored the shadow-side of our obsession with social media. It…
At Sundance ’18: DEAD PIGS and REVENGE
At this year’s Sundance Festival, women directors are making an incredibly strong showing. Most of the films on my must-see list are helmed…
Notes on Nine Days of Watching Jesus Films
Two weeks ago, I found myself subbing in as backup quarterback when Rev. Jim Friedrich, hobbled by back pain, couldn’t make it to…
At Slamdance ’18: MAN ON FIRE
What does it mean to follow Jesus? To what extent should we adhere to the assertion that “greater love has no man than…
At Sundance ’18: WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR
Won’t You Be My Neighbor is a documentary about Fred Rogers and the unlikely phenomenon of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. It is simultaneously a…
Pop Closets
I was in a gay bar in New Haven, Connecticut when I realized George Michael’s “Freedom ’90” was a coming out song. Of…








