A writer’s retreat on the Frio River. Want to join me?

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:09 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

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Bono has emergency surgery to save him from paralysis; U2’s U.S. tour CANCELED.

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:09 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Here’s the story on Bono’s emergency surgery. (more…) Read more

Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky (2010)

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:11 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

My two-part review of Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky has been published at Image journal’s blog Good Letters. Part One. Part Two. Read more

Pray for Jafar Panahi

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:10 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I told you about the plight of the great filmmaker Jafar Panahi here. Well, the story has a new development. (more…) Read more

Beware of Agora: Part 1 – “Outright Lies About Christians”

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:32 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Get ready. The big screen’s latest distortion of history by Christian-hating storytellers is on its way. Mark Shea applauds Fr. Robert Barron’s comments about Agora: (more…) Read more

Did that Isabelle Huppert guest-spot on Law and Order:SVU really happen?

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:11 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

I mean… really, Law and Order: SVU? (more…) Read more

Adaptation (2002)

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

May 2010 Update: This review is eight years old. It’s been off of the website for a while because it needed some slight revisions. My first encounter with the movie was very, very different from my second viewing. I’ve watched it several times since then and come to appreciate it much, much more. So here is an updated version of my original review of Adaptation. – Here’s the pitch: Jeffrey Overstreet is a film critic with an assignment to review... Read more

Days of Heaven (1978)

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:33 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

[This brief review was written as a summary for the Arts and Faith Top 100 Films List.] • Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick’s 1978 story of adultery on the Texas Panhandle, is set just before World War 1, but it resounds with echoes of Old Testament drama. In it, blast-furnace worker Bill (Richard Gere) gets in a fight with his foreman, ten goes on the run with his girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) and little sister Linda. They settle as field... Read more

Greydanus: “No Movies, Please. We’re Catholic.”

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:33 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Steven Greydanus is on a roll. His latest entries at The National Catholic Register are worth your attention. (more…) Read more

Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 4:21 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

An abridged version of this review by Jeffrey Overstreet was published earlier as a summary for the Arts and Faith Top 100 Films List. – “Ponderous”? Yes. “Slow”? Indeed. But Robert Bresson’s 1951 film Diary of a Country Priest is an undisputed classic. It was the third of thirteen films by Bresson who, according to Francois Truffaut, is to French movies what Mozart is to German music. And it may be the best entry point for appreciating his unique style.... Read more