It’s Filling Up Fast! The Glen Workshop 2010 is Open for Registration!

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 2:19 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

84 people have already registered for The Glen Workshop. That’s what Image journal’s publisher Greg Wolfe reported yesterday, when registration finally opened for the public. So don’t wait! Workshops are filling up fast. Here’s the tough part. You have to choose. Which workshop or seminar do you want to attend? A songwriting workshop with Over the Rhine, a drawing workshop with the great Barry Moser, a writing workshop with the author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath, Lauren Winner, a... Read more

Looking Closer’s Favorite Movies of 2009, Part Two

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 2:18 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Image has posted Part Two of my year-end reflection on the movies of 2009. Today: #20 – #11. Read more

Looking Closer’s Favorite Movies of 2009, Part Two

Last updated on: January 4, 2010 at 7:36 am By Jeffrey Overstreet

Image has posted Part Two of my year-end reflection on the movies of 2009. Today: #20 – #11. Read more

Looking Closer’s Favorite Movies of 2009, Part One. And an urgent appeal.

Last updated on: January 1, 2010 at 1:29 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

It’s time for me to join the parade of list-makers… (more…) Read more

Looking Closer’s Favorite Movies of 2009, Part One. And an Urgent Appeal.

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

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The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 2:14 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

a review by Jeffrey Overstreet • Magnolia Pictures. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Sasha Grey, Chris Santos,Peter Zizzo, Glenn Kenny. Written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. 77 minutes. Rated R (for sexual content, nudity and language). • No, I can’t say I found it fun to watch a real porn star (Sasha Grey) dramatize an expensive call-girl’s tedious, humiliating, self-destructive work. But I can say I found it, um, “revealing” to watch The Girlfriend Experience — Steven Soderbergh’s meditation on... Read more

Will U2’s “Songs of Ascent” Blast Off in June?

Last updated on: October 24, 2012 at 1:43 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Members of U2 are talking again. (more…) Read more

Newborn Novel

Last updated on: April 2, 2013 at 9:45 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

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A Christmas Eve appeal

Last updated on: October 7, 2012 at 7:25 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Every Christmas, it’s a different verse that burns with new vitality for me. This year, it’s this one: O come, Desire of nations, bind In one the hearts of all mankind; Bid Thou our sad divisions cease, And be Thyself our King of Peace. Merry Christmas, everyone. May God grant us all a greater appreciation for the grace we celebrate tonight. Read more

Looking Closer’s Favorite Recordings of 2009

Last updated on: December 24, 2009 at 10:07 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

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