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…
Consistently, Quietly Brilliant
There are few filmmakers that I get as excited about for new productions like I do for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. At the…
The First Great Ben-Hur
Richard here. PopTheology.com benefits from the fruits of my dissertation labor. Not everything could have fit into the final draft. So here’s some…
Changing the Game
Unless you’re just a raging bibliophile, I imagine it’s almost impossible to complete The Hunger Games trilogy and not want to see it…
It’s a Work of Art…But Much More
It’s a good thing for American filmmakers nominated for Best Picture this year that the award can only go to American films. If…
Helping “The Help”
Richard Lindsay with a few thoughts on The Help‘s Oscar campaign and the work of its two stars, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer,…
A Panic Takes Hold
Like all great films, Jeff Nichols‘ latest film, Take Shelter, speaks to the times in which we live. It powerfully reveals the destructive…
A Family Mess
In one of his recent film articles for the Baptist Press, Phil Boatwright bemoaned the overwhelming number of curse words in The Grey.…
