The 2005 Arts and Faith Film Critics Circle Awards – Nominations are in!

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 5:01 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

For those who don’t know, the Arts and Faith Film Critics Circle is a fellowship of critics applying Christian perspectives to film through reviews and discussion, seeking to encourage revealing and intelligent dialogue about the human experience. Formely the Promontory Film Critics Circle, this four-year-old association changed its name, updated its membership requirements, and revised its mission statement this year. Now under the name The Arts and Faith Film Critics Circle … due to our debates and discussions at www.ArtsandFaith.com... Read more

Is Ebert’s Memory Failing?

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 5:05 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

UPDATE: It turns out that he was thinking of a scene from “Rick,” a film that was out a couple of years ago, with Bill Pullman. Spooky. And, as a matter of fact, Ebert’s review has now been corrected, and the mistakes are gone. – Roger Ebert’s review of “In Good Company” is very very strange indeed. (Kudos to Steven Greydanus for catching this bizarro review.) First of all, he says, It’s about a corporate culture that tries to be... Read more

What’s a Parable?

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 5:06 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

My friend Ron Reed happened to quote writer C.H. Dodd today in offering the definition of the word “parable.” Ron referenced this in summing up the virtues of The Return, my favorite film of 2004. (more…) Read more

Dennis Quaid: Doing What Harrison Ford Failed to Do

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 5:08 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

For the last two decades, Harrison Ford has been so narrowly focused on action-hero movies and traditional romantic leading-man roles that he’s accepted increasingly embarrassing projects. There have been the occasional experiments–“Presumed Innocent,” and that awful romance with Kirsten Scott Thomas, but he’s clearly shown that he needs help in selecting decent projects. Dennis Quaid, on the other hand, has continued to improve as an actor, choosing good roles (with the occasional exception, like “Flight of the Phoenix”), delivering strong... Read more

My Favorite Albums of 2004

Last updated on: April 29, 2014 at 10:48 am By Jeffrey Overstreet

Here are my favorite albums of 2004. Read more

Frederick Buechner fans … the Buechner movie is available.

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 4:45 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Looks like the film is finished. You can even watch the first fifteen minutes online. (more…) Read more

Million Dollar Baby Joins My 2004 Top Ten

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 4:48 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

This always happens. No sooner do I turn in my Top Ten list of 2004 to meet a deadline than I suddenly discover a film that changes everything. (more…) Read more

The Top Ten Books of 2004 – by John Wilson

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 4:49 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

The editor of Books and Culture, John Wilson… (more…) Read more

The hero of Hotel Rwanda has some questions for us.

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 4:13 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

If you haven’t seen Hotel Rwanda, you should. (more…) Read more

Buechner (2005)

Last updated on: August 28, 2012 at 7:18 pm By Guest Contributor

[These comments were originally published in an installment of Film Forum column at Christianity Today in January 2005.] – Buechner … is simply a conversation with the subject. If that’s what you’re looking for, you won’t be disappointed. On the first day of the war in Iraq, Rob and Molly Collins sat down with one of their heroes — the writer and ordained Presbyterian minister, Frederick Buechner. The cameras rolled, and the result is a thought-provoking conversation with the writer of Godric, Son... Read more