Steve Taylor's movie Blue Like Jazz is out on blu-ray and DVD today. So I might as well link to one of the most comment-inspiring reviews I've ever written... Read more
Steve Taylor's movie Blue Like Jazz is out on blu-ray and DVD today. So I might as well link to one of the most comment-inspiring reviews I've ever written... Read more
A Video Postcard from Glen West: Jeffrey Overstreet from Image Journal on Vimeo. Read more
Here is Part Two of my interview with Pete Horner. (Don't read it without first reading Part One.) Read more
Congratulations to Pete Horner, who is here with me at The Glen Workshop this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pete has been nominated for two Emmys for his work on HBO's new movie Hemingway and Gellhorn. To celebrate, I'm reposting my interview with Pete... Read more
I would much prefer a film about women in conversation than a film about men battering each other with fists and swords. That may not sit well with some of my moviegoing friends, or with some pastors for that matter. But it’s true. ... I’m not saying women are holier than men, but movies about women are less likely to be about trying to fix things by force, less likely to be about battles, more likely to be about the sacredness of relationships and conversations and matters of the heart. Read more
Once in a while, somebody responds to my fantasy series The Auralia Thread in a way that makes the whole five years of work worth it. Read more
Here are a few notes from this week’s mailbox. (And by “mailbox,” I might mean blog comments, email, or other social networking sites.) (more…) Read more
I remain flummoxed as to why Beasts of the Southern Wild is garnering so much acclaim. I'd begun to feel a deep distrust of my own first impression, and considered withdrawing my review. But now, Michael Sicinski has published his own objections, and it feels like he saw the same movie I did. Read more
This week at Good Letters, Tony Woodlief reflects on the silence of those who witnessed the crimes of Jerry Sandusky. Read more
I am thrilled to share with you a poem by Abigail Carroll. I heard her read this poem at a writer's retreat at the Gove Hill Retreat Center in Vermont a couple of weeks ago. I am grateful that she's given me permission to publish it here. Read more