Looking Closer
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I just received this message from Andrew Welch, who just saw Of Gods and Men. … (more…) Read more
Many bookstores around the country have been supportive of my four-book series The Auralia Thread. But Barnes and Noble has been especially helpful… (more…) Read more
I don’t have HBO, so I’ll be waiting for Netflix or DVDs, but I’m so excited to see a celebrated fantasy epic being given a slow, patient miniseries treatment, with an impressive cast and a focus on character development instead of razzle-dazzle. Here’s how Matt Zoller Seitz describes it: (more…) Read more
Today at Image, A.G. Harmon has posted some thoughts on one of 2011’s must-see movies… (more…) Read more
I’m giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy’s Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist Rachel Beatty, posters for True Grit and The Adjustment Bureau, and two issues of Response magazine. Want to have your name in the drawing? (more…) Read more
As a reader in a community of readers, I know that all of us have unique responses to the books we read. My opinion of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or No Country for Old Men or Never Let Me Go will be different from yours, even if we both give them a thumbs’ up or a thumbs’ down. As a reviewer, I know that there is a huge difference between a review — a thoughtful examination of plot,... Read more
My review of Jane Eyre, the 2011 film by Cary Fukanaga, is posted on the Good Letters blog at Image. Read more
Last time I saw Chicago, it was 2003 and my mind was on the Cornerstone Festival, several hours west of the city. On Thursday evening, I’ll arrive in Chicago again… (more…) Read more
I finally saw Of Gods and Men. The film received a rave review from my favorite film critic, Steven Greydanus, so it’s been high on my list of must-see priorities. I’m so glad I spent a Saturday afternoon and eight bucks on it. It’s a quiet, powerful film, profound and inspiring in its picture of faithful Christians. It may not be as poetic as, say, Babette’s Feast, nor does it have a complex visual vocabulary like Ordet. It provides sufficient... Read more
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