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…
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…
‘The Silver Chalice’ and the Bible in our Minds
If one stores a collection of images of a particular literary figure, or setting, or style of costume, that collection is not stored…
Notes on ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’
Ryan Parker already has an excellent review of this film, which actually involves interviews with Christian Bale and Ridley Scott. Not being able…
A Dance Between Science and Religion
Far too many of us are well aware of the tension between science and religion, or at least between the passionate devotees of…
Left Behind: It’s as Bad as We Feared
Left Behind is an awful movie. I expected it to be awful on the theological level; I was hoping it wouldn’t be awful…
The Violence of History
Within the genre of war films lies a sub-genre devoted to anti-war war films, films that are so honest and earnest in their…
