Looking Closer
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most surprising email I’ve received today. Warning: If you haven’t seen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, beware! (more…) Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most surprising email I’ve received today. Warning: If you haven’t seen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, beware! (more…) Read more
THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2005: Click here. Isn’t it interesting that 1 of The Passion‘s three nominations is for an “original score” that was largely plagiarized from Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack for The Last Temptation of Christ? Here are a few more Oscar abominations: (more…) Read more
U2 tickets go on sale tomorrow. And to celebrate, let me direct you to Kate Bowman’s article about the way that Bono continues to bewilder his evangelical fans just as U2 continues to bewilder the music world. Good luck getting tickets! Read more
Bono’s got good taste in books. First he becomes a big fan of Eugene Peterson’s The Message … a translation of the Bible that I’m very fond of. (more…) Read more
Eastwood addresses the controversial conclusion of Million Dollar Baby… (more…) Read more
Rolling Stone says they won’t print an ad for the Bible because they disagree with the message of the ad. (more…) Read more
Last I checked, I couldn’t afford an all-region DVD player. That’s probably a good thing, considering I really don’t have time to be watching more movies. But the more I learn about world cinema, the more I wish I had time to enjoy more of it. Since some of the best movies being made aren’t available to American movie-renters on regular DVDs–you need special equipment in order to enjoy these titles on special DVDs. Is there no end to the... Read more
The man who guards the Bridge of Death speaks: (more…) Read more
The genius behind such films as My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away is the subject of discussion in an online exclusive at The New Yorker this week. Read more
[This review was originally published in January 2005 at Christianity Today.] – Soon after the opening credits of director Jean–François Richet’s Assault on Precinct 13, a gangster resembling Morpheus from The Matrix sits down near the back of a crowded church. The morning’s sermon is a simple lesson: “Cherish your power to choose the righteous path.” This cynical churchgoer quickly disobeys. The church is quickly thrown into chaos. As the Detroit police close in for his capture, a series of... Read more
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In