Hail, Coen! Finding Religion in the Films of Joel & Ethan Coen
Geoffrey Pollick reviews a book about the Coen brothers alongside their new movie, Hail, Caesar!. Continue Reading →
Tag: religion and film
Commie Harry
“What really makes these critics hate Million Dollar Baby is not its supposedly radical politics — which are nonexistent — but its lack of sentimentality. It is, indeed, no Rocky, and in our Continue Reading →
Focus at the Movies
28 December 2005 The New York Times’ John Leland moves beyond the neverending Narnia/Passion stories to find another trend among conservative Christian moviegoers: they’re reviewing films they once would have Continue Reading →
Narnia Chronicles
By Erica Ogg Someone finally said it. A journalist has recognized the inherently complementary natures of Hollywood and C.S. Lewis. The upcoming movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Continue Reading →
"Paradise Now" and Power of Transformation
By Meera Subramanian In Palestine, the enemy is many things. The enemy takes your land and holds you captive. The enemy launches bombs that leave the whitened stones of the Continue Reading →
The Passion of Constantine
Next to Constantine, Mel Gibson’s The Passion is an episode of Spongebob Squarepants. In Constantine, Keanu Reeves as the titular, demon-slaying hero visits a bar frequented by the “fallen,” the decadence of whom we Continue Reading →
Ammo for his Enemy
Frank Rich accidentally writes a Republican’s dream review. It’s a shame the job of disassembling George W. Bush: Faith in the White House fell to The New York Times‘ Frank Rich. If just Continue Reading →
Ammo for his Enemy
Frank Rich accidentally writes a Republican’s dream review. It’s a shame the job of disassembling George W. Bush: Faith in the White House fell to The New York Times‘ Frank Rich. If just Continue Reading →
"The Question of God" Questioned
Notes from Dr. Armand Nicholi’s militant past. By Jeff Sharlet PBS’s latest God offering — “The Question of God,” blogged below — will no doubt be a well-researched program centered around the Continue Reading →
"The Question of God" Questioned
Notes from Dr. Armand Nicholi’s militant past. By Jeff Sharlet PBS’s latest God offering — “The Question of God,” blogged below — will no doubt be a well-researched program centered around the Continue Reading →