Through a Screen Darkly is front-page news at Christianity Today right now … …and it looks like Rob Moll must have interviewed me somewhere along the way. Sneaky fellow! (Note: You can post comments at the bottom of the interview… and at the bottom of the review as well!) They’ve also re-posted the CT review of the book. Wow. I learned what book reviews were all about by reading them when I was a kid. CT was the only magazine... Read more
If you’re reading Through a Screen Darkly, you’ve probably come across some of my “war stories” about the outrageous letters and emails I’ve received over the years as a Christian film reviewer. I wish I could say things are getting easier. They’re not. (more…) Read more
Peter T. Chattaway wrote a thoughtful, observant review of the new movie called The Last Sin Eater this week at Christianity Today Movies. Just as a Christian car mechanic should be concerned with the technical condition of a car, so a film critic should concern himself with the technical condition of a car. Peter is a Christian … has been for as long as he’s been writing, and longer, and has been a vital part of evangelical-Christian dialogue for years.... Read more
I am so excited to show this to you. I’m sitting here on the coast of Whidbey Island putting the finishing touches on a story I’ve been writing since 1996. It’s my favorite place in the world to write, here with the wind, the water, eight deer grazing just across the lawn, and two bald eagles wheeling about overhead and chattering to each other. And what should pop up in my email while I’m as happy as can be? I... Read more
Cover design by Kristopher Orr. Read more
“Ah, well… it happens with every book.” That’s what other authors and industry folks are saying, trying to help me get over the headache that began the moment I found a rather glaring error right in the middle of the first chapter of Through a Screen Darkly. Why didn’t I remember that in 1987 when I was 17 years old, “Dances with Wolves” was still three years away from opening? (more…) Read more
It’s not exactly a “best-of.” Rather, Over the Rhine’s new album Discount Fireworks is a collection of some of the highlights and memorable excursions along their 15-year journey. If you haven’t discovered American music’s best-kept secret, well, this may be the best place to start. It’s not the most cohesive work they’ve released, because it spans more than a decade of different styles and sounds. (more…) Read more
I’ll be speaking at Open Windows, a gathering of people interested in faith and art, about Through a Screen Darkly: Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth & Evil in the Movies, 7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 18. (more…) Read more
The Seattle Times has more admiring words for Seattle Pacific University. (more…) Read more
The film critics of Christianity Today Movies have voted. And these are the Cream of the Crop … the Top 10 Films of 2006. Quite a few critics contributed here, and we all had strikingly different opinions, so it’s interesting to see how it all worked out. And hey, look what’s at #3! The New World! (more…) Read more
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