2012-08-22T13:37:04-06:00

Peppered with CAPITALIZED EXPLETIVES (you’ve been warned), the early screening “reviews” (better: unedited, sloppy, gushing superlatives) are coming in after a screening of Wes Anderson’s “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” the film I’m more anxious to see than anything since The Return of the King. Here’s the link to the foulmouthed fanboys at Ain’t-It-Cool News, declaring what may well become the movie to beat at the Oscars this year. Bill Murray’s time has come. Well, it came last year,... Read more

2012-08-22T13:38:35-06:00

The best response to the movie Saved! that I’ve heard yet is a one-line quip passed along by my friend Michael Leary, who heard someone else say it after a screening of the film… (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:45:11-06:00

When people ask me to “define Christian criticism,” I find it much easier to say what it isn’t than what it is. Here is an example of what it isn’t. (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:46:32-06:00

I received this in my email box today, with the strange subject of “Remainder”… (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:49:43-06:00

P.J. Harvey’s latest, Uh Huh Her, arrives on Tuesday. I’ll have a review as soon as I can get my hands on a copy and give it a few listens. (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:50:54-06:00

Jeff Berryman is not just a fine novelist. He’s one of my favorite actors. And right now, you can catch him playing the role of C.S. Lewis on stage in Seattle at Taproot Theatre… (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:51:43-06:00

Arts & Faith is pleased to announce the 2004 Top100 list of spiritually significant films. The Top100 list draws upon decades of cinema and includes U.S. and foreign movies. Popular, “blockbuster” films are balanced with art films. The list offers readers the best, most spiritually significant films ever made. …  (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:53:11-06:00

This morning’s upload of the site didn’t work, so there were some missing links and mixed-up reviews for a moment. But thanks to my wife, the site’s been repaired and is back up and running now, with only a few rough edges. (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:23:53-06:00

Frederick Buechner, in The Faces of Jesus, writes… (more…) Read more

2012-08-22T13:20:37-06:00

Darren Hughes’ Long Pauses is one of my almost-daily stops. (more…) Read more

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