2012-09-14T11:27:13-06:00

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 at 11:27 am   By

CT Movies has updated its feedback page, and there are some interesting responses to the Kingdom of Heaven coverage. There are also the typically varied displays of enthusiasm and protest over reviews of Kicking and Screaming, Monster-in-Law, and Crash... posted 05/23/05 Regarding Kicking and Screaming, I must object to one aspect of your review that, at some level, shows a lack of respect for male sexuality. Your review mentions (with great tolerance) the crude jokes concerning male genitalia. Would you... Read more

2012-09-14T11:30:59-06:00

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How should the MPAA distinguish between PG, PG-13, or R ratings? I find it’s very easy to point out when they’ve done it wrong, but tough to lay out a plan for how to do it right. (more…) Read more

2012-09-14T11:30:11-06:00

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The directors of Rosetta and The Son, two films I dearly love, have just won the coveted Palme D’Or at Cannes for their latest film The Child. America may not know it, the Academy is too narrow-minded to appreciate it, but the Dardennes Brothers are two of the finest filmmakers in the world. (more…) Read more

2012-09-14T11:31:36-06:00

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 at 11:31 am   By

Surprise, surprise… The Chicago Reader‘s J.R. Jones, in the tradition of that paper’s preoccupation with political readings of film, sees Revenge of the Sith as an attack on the White House. (more…) Read more

2012-09-14T11:33:28-06:00

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 at 11:33 am   By

Sometimes I wish I had the resources to travel around the world to the great film festivals. Heck, sometimes I wish I had the time and money to explore the international film festival that takes place in my own backyard! (I’m only going to one film in this year’s Seattle International Film Festival this year, and I’m not happy about it at all.) Fortunately, I have friends who do travel to festivals, and I hear firsthand from them about the... Read more

2012-09-14T11:33:50-06:00

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Wish I was at Cannes. Here’s FilmStew’s J Sperling Reich… Over 20 years after the German filmmaker collaborated with renowned playwright Sam Shepard on Paris, Texas, the two reunite for Don’t Come Knocking. This time, though, Shepard actually stars in the film as well. “To have Sam in front of the camera is one of my oldest desires as a filmmaker,” admitted Wenders. “This time I didn’t ask and that was a sneaky thing of me. After a few scenes,... Read more

2012-09-14T11:39:08-06:00

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Here’s an interesting editorial by Brent Bozell: The riots caused by Newsweek‘s story claiming American interrogators were flushing the Koran caused many Americans to be amazed by the extreme reaction in the Islamic world. Ken Woodward, the long-time religion writer of Newsweek, tried to explain to Christians just how offensive Koran-flushing is to Muslims: “Recitation of the Koran is for Muslims much like what receiving the Eucharist is for Catholics — a very intimate ingestion of the divine itself.” There’s... Read more

2012-09-14T11:44:47-06:00

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 at 11:44 am   By

The Christianity Today Book Awards 2005 heap even more praise upon Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead. And they also honor Unveiling, a novel by a new friend of mine, Suzanne Wolfe, who I met at the recent Over the Rhine concert at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern. Congratulations, Suzanne! Read more

2012-09-14T11:43:53-06:00

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 at 11:43 am   By

Thanks, Prof. Rambo, for this! (more…) Read more

2012-09-11T10:51:38-06:00

Last updated on: September 11, 2012 at 10:51 am   By

There’s only one person in this world whose work I love so much that I actually chased her down and married her. (more…) Read more

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