At SXSW 2019: J. R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius
Count on the SXSW Film Festival to showcase a perfectly chaotic documentary like J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius. It seamlessly…
At SXSW 2019: THEM THAT FOLLOW
Few films capture the oppressive nature of hyper-conservative faith communities—for both women and men—as effectively as Them That Follow, which is currently screening as part…
At SXSW 2019: YES, GOD, YES
For how much we talk about the sacredness of sex, Christians do not have the greatest track record when it comes to actually…
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT and Memories of My Father
Not that anyone has been paying all that much attention, but it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here at Pop…
‘Come Sunday’ Exposes the Anguish of Evangelical Salvation Theology
Some thoughts on Come Sunday, the story of Bishop Carlton Pearson, a megachurch pastor who lost everything when he stopped believing in hell.…
Tab Hunter Stood apart for Telling his Gay Hollywood Story
Tab Hunter died this past Sunday. He was just shy of 87. His age makes him part of what’s known as the “Silent…
“Love, Simon” Is the Gay Teen Film Some of Us Have Been Waiting on for a Long Time
Adolescence has always been susceptible to movie exploitation. In the postwar era, when the idea of an interim stage between childhood and adulthood…
At SXSW18: HEAVY TRIP
From the outside, the death metal scene can seem pretty intimidating. Full of the dour and dejected, decked out in shirts depicting horrific…
