Not So Wild Things
Getting into the mind of a 12-year-old boy is no easy task. Crafting that internal world into a film is even more difficult…I…
Two Films in One…
“I’d love to watch that film with the Women’s Studies Group at the Graduate Theological Union.” You won’t hear me say that phrase…
Screwball Theology
Film and religion professor Terry Lindvall recently alerted me to Theodora Goes Wild (1936), a screwball comedy starring Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas. …
Seriously, God…
It’s hard to talk about the Coen brothers’ most spiritual film, because in one way or another, whether clothed in humor or extreme…
Stardom and Spirituality
This fall, I have been teaching a course entitled Theological Crises and the Development of American Cinema. It’s a glorified film history course…
Anticipating Antichrist
Lars von Trier‘s Antichrist is one of the few films that I really want to see this Fall. Film and religion scholar S.…
District 9: A Pop Theology Conversation
Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay and I discuss one of the year’s best movies after the jump.
(Un)Funny People
In his only talking role in The Unholy Three , silent film star Lon Chaney plays a ventriloquist-turned-crook who takes the fall for a…
A Princely Offering
Thankfully, with each new Harry Potter film, I have a thoroughly enjoyable experience while being challenged to reflect on a key spiritual or…