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April 2007

April 30, 2007
Leanne Benfield Martin interviewed me last week, and today she has published the first part...
April 29, 2007
Jindabyne is the first dramatic feature film I've seen in 2007 so far that has...
April 29, 2007
Fracture Ryan Gosling. Anthony Hopkins. You would think those would be two great reasons to...
April 29, 2007
What is going on? I just posted a story about a guy who built an...
April 28, 2007
I've heard a few grumblings and some speculation about a song called "Failed Christian" on...
April 27, 2007
I had a marvelous time discussing the power of cinema with those who attended the...
April 26, 2007
My overview of the volatile conversations and debates at the Biola Conference is now published...
April 24, 2007
Terry Gilliam considers the state of his career, the critical rejection of Tideland, his continuing...
April 24, 2007
This week, I have two more Seattle appearances to talk about Through a Screen Darkly....
April 23, 2007
This weekend at the Biola Media Conference, I had a great deal of fun, and...
April 22, 2007
Salon.com reviews Tolkien's The Children of Hurin. While debating whether to break up the chair...
April 22, 2007
Mark Shea, in a moment of genius, quoted Tolkien's The Silmarillion when he learned about this...
April 21, 2007
Name the ten commandments. No, really... pause for a moment, turn away from the computer,...
April 19, 2007
Darren Hughes is writing an essay on non-narrative filmmaking: "The Limits of Traditional Narrative Cinema...
April 18, 2007
Two highlights of the new MTV interview with Frank "Shawshank Redemption" Darabont, who is directing...
April 18, 2007
Looks like "amazing grace" has been granted to Narnia. Peter Chattaway is tracking the Ain't...
April 18, 2007
My friend and fellow Tolkien enthusiast Geoffrey DeWeese was surprised and upset when I expressed...
April 18, 2007
I've just discovered a passionate, eloquent description of the greatness of Terrence Malick. If you're...
April 17, 2007
What in the world? Bono and The Edge... writing a Spider-man musical... for Julie Taymor....
April 17, 2007
EmpireOnline has the trailer for Atonement, one of the films I'm most eager to see...
April 16, 2007
Cormac McCarthy's The Road has earned an even higher honor than the Oprah-book stamp. It...
April 16, 2007
A high-five to Peter Chattaway for catching the latest Edward Norton casting news. And... uh......
April 13, 2007
Here's an exciting announcement from the folks at Image. And what a great choice. I've...
April 13, 2007
Perfect Stranger Rotten Tomatoes shows that critics are placing Perfect Stranger under citizens' arrest. Religious-press...
April 12, 2007
Into Great Silence is "ridiculously popular" in New York, according to a new article in...
April 11, 2007
Greg Wright at Past the Popcorn is considering the everlasting questions about movies and morality....
April 11, 2007
The Lookout J. Robert Parks: "I’m not arguing The Lookout is some kind of masterpiece....
April 11, 2007
Grindhouse Before we join the rush of religious-press reviewers who are condemning Grindhouse outright, let's...
April 11, 2007
The Hoax Todd Hertz (CT Movies) calls The Hoax "a mix of Catch Me If...
April 11, 2007
The Reaping "Oh, it's very biblically based," said the promoter who called me to encourage...
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