Schweitzer in the Spotlight

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:37 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

There’s an Albert Schweitzer biopic on the way: Theologian, philosopher, musician, and Nobel Peace Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer is getting another biopic, once again titled: Schweitzer. Variety reports that Jeroen Krabbe (Immortal Beloved) and Barbara Hershey have signed on to star in British director Gavin Millar’s film, joining the ranks of Judith Godreche, Samuel West, Jeanette Hain, Jonathan Firth (Colin’s brother), and Armin Rohde. Set in 1949, the biopic focuses on the early days of the Cold War when Schweitzer... Read more

Christianity Today Relishes Trash, Waste, Environmental Destruction, and Obesity

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:36 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

In other words… Christianity Today film critic Josh Hurst *loves* WALL-E! (more…) Read more

Watch a Short Sam Phillips Concert on NPR

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:30 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Sam Phillips stopped in to play a show for All Songs Considered on NPR. (more…) Read more

Browser, 6/25: Hancock han-cuckoo?; Whedon and Fillion reunited!; McSweeney’s Lit 101 Class; “The River Why” – the movie!; shop at Buy-n-Large!

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:33 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. – Thompson on Hancock Variety‘s Anne Thompson: Based on seeing Hancock the other night, I can tell you this. Todd McCarthy’s early negative review will be one of many. The knives are out, and they are sharp. When this movie opens July 2, it will be eviscerated. I’m trying to keep my hopes up, but I’m hearing more and more cries of dismay and even disgust. This... Read more

A Little Milton on a Monday Afternoon

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:35 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

My new friend Kelly Foster just emailed this to me. It’s a quote from John Milton’s Areopagitica, which I haven’t read since 1991, so it’s time to revisit it: (more…) Read more

Christianity Today’s Mark Moring interviews Andrew Stanton

Last updated on: March 13, 2013 at 4:42 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

In an excellent interview, inspiring excellent answers, Mark Moring talks with Andrew Stanton. I saw the film last night, and I was not prepared for its magnificence. Stay tuned, I’ll have much, much more to say. But also, brace yourselves. A lot of people aren’t going to like this movie…. (more…) Read more

Malick’s “The New World – Extended Cut” arrives October 14!

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:30 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

One viewer’s is pleasure is another movieger’s pain. Out of the blue, an announcement was just posted from Businesswire that Terrence Malick‘s already-legendary extended versionof his masterpiece, The New World, my favorite film of the decade so far, is coming to DVD on October 14. This edition of the critically-acclaimed, Oscar-nominated epic recreating the turbulent first days of the new America now features more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage, heightening the viewing experience with more battles, more intensity and... Read more

Browser, 6/23: One-scene Wonders; N.T. Wright on The Colbert Report; Four Novels for Summer Reading; Sixpence’s Christmas; Enough with the Pixar-bashing; Back to Blade Runner

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:29 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. Small wonders At The Onion AV Club (via Cinematical), they’re counting down their favorite one-scene wonders. What’s you’re favorite? Personally, I cannot argue with their pick for #1. (more…) Read more

At Image: Kelly Foster on “Why I Watch Sex and the City”

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 3:29 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I knew that if Image journal ran a piece on the Sex and the City controversy, that I would gain some perspective that I’d been lacking in the heat of the recent debate. Sure enough, Kelly Foster’s honest, personal testimony, “Why I Watch Sex and the City, has made me wish I’d waited a month or two before responding. (more…) Read more

Andrew Stanton on WALL-E

Last updated on: March 13, 2013 at 4:42 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I’m looking forward to a chat with Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, writer and director of Wall-E, later this week. But my favorite bit from The Boston Globe‘s conversation with Stanton is this: (more…) Read more