A Fraternal Order of Eagles Ten Commandments Print
On August 30, I published a post about the history of public displays of the Ten Commandments, and traced their beginnings to illuminated…
Second Chances and Cycles of Violence: A Review of Looper
The willful suspension of disbelief. All sci-fi films demand it, and some even reward it. Few films actually address it in the narrative…
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…
An Ode to Pain
When I saw the previews for Warrior, I figured it wasn’t for me, and so I really didn’t pay close attention to the…
More on ‘Beasts’
A friend sent me a “making-of” featurette for Beasts of the Southern Wild, the incredible first feature by Benh Zeitlin and the New…
Either Really [Bleepin’] Smart or Really [Bleepin’] Dumb
I’ve long been interested in teaching a class on humor and the “isms” (race, class, sex, elite) and phobias that plague our existence.…
