As America waits to see Steven Spielberg’s Abraham Lincoln film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in what some are treating as an automatic Oscar-winning performance, here comes another “Hail to the Chief!” kind of movie, starring Bill “He’s Overdue” Murray as FDR. Here’s the trailer for Hyde Park on the Hudson. (more…) Read more
I’ve written a two-part reflection on the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, which is appearing at Good Letters, the blog hosted by IMAGE. Part One Part Two It’s not really a film review. It’s more of a personal consideration of the film: what I remember of its reception among Christian moviegoers, what I loved about the movie when I was a kid, how it changed my life in college, what it’s saying to me now. If you want to read... Read more
I get a lot of emails from aspiring writers. Some of them I feel equipped to answer. Some of them I don’t… (more…) Read more
I’ve written a two-part reflection on the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, which is appearing at Good Letters, the blog hosted by IMAGE. (more…) Read more
Anderson’s cinema contains a peculiar mix that makes it an ideal opening night vehicle. There’s a kind of absolute auteurism, a hyper-aggressive formalism, an insistence on the camera’s view as a proscenium arch inside of which an entirely theatrical universe is created, alongside a lightness, a preference for melancholy swathed in the scent of vanilla, sadness as a weekend romp, the melodramas of parents and the children they don’t understand as storybook fantasies. Robert Koehler attended this year’s Cannes-opener: Moonrise... Read more
Need a book that will keep you up past bedtime turning pages… even though it’s as big as a nightstand? (more…) Read more
There are so many reviews and commentaries on The Avengers out there, it’s kind of ridiculous. But that doesn’t mean you won’t find some sharp needles in the haystack. Here are a couple that I found particularly, um… sharp. (more…) Read more
I’m giving two lectures at this weekend’s Northwest Christian Writers Renewal event. As a preface to these events, Kirk Kraft asked me some questions. (more…) Read more
I need to write this all down while the details are still vivid in my memory. And then I need to stop telling the story for a while. I’ve answered so many questions about it this weekend that I’m exhausted and I need to set my mind on other subjects. You’ll understand… On Friday morning, just after 9 a.m., at the corner beside our house, Anne and I waited in the left-turn lane for the signal to change. It was... Read more
On Monday night, April 31, Anne and I sat in the middle of a crowd of comic book superhero fans and film critics. And we had a fantastic time, as the crowd cheered and laughed and celebrated throughout The Avengers‘ 142-minute running time. But then, what you feel while you’re watching a movie can be very different from what you think about after the movie. I’ve written a review that includes all of the exclamation points that were exploding in... Read more
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