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Weekender: Allison Russell, Philip Yancey, and Enchanted Journey II: Ex-vangelical Boogaloo

In this edition of The Weekender, a miscellany of podcast highlights, insights on faith and race, a prayer worth memorizing, and a memorable TED Talk.

Interviews

Babette's Feast: The Leftovers!

Thanksgiving leftovers!Listen in on a conversation between Alissa Wilkinson, Sam Thielman, and Jeffrey Overstreet as they celebrate the greatest feast ever filmed.

On Movies & Media

Movie's Not Christian — and Vox's Not Dead

God's Not Dead, but he sure is misrepresented! Here's Alissa Wilkinson on just how misguided this series of films really is.

On Movies & Media

Best movies of 2016: Wilkinson, McLenithan, & me

On Wednesday night, I had the privilege of joining my friends Alissa Wilkinson and Kevin McLenithan for an in-depth discussion of the best things we've watched on screens this year. Each of us listed our top three, made our case for their greatness, and then listed a bunch

On Movies & Media

Podcast: Moviegoer temper tantrums

Jurassic World turned Alissa Wilkinson into the film-critic equivalent of a Rampaging T-Rex. Under the Skin got under Nick Olson's skin. And Only God Forgives infuriated me. And thanks to the Seeing and Believing podcast, and its host Kevin McLenithan, we all had the chance to vent our

On Songs & Albums

Alissa Wilkinson's Christmas Playlist

When inquiring of my favorite writers and artists about the Christmas music that means the most to them, I turned habitually to someone I tend to ask for recommendations in almost everything.

Looking Elsewhere

Looking Elsewhere: 14 Discoveries & Distractions for the First Week of November

On Halloween, Anne and I went out to celebrate Halloween dressed as Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing students who are running out of time to complete their homework assignments by the deadline. We were very, very convincing — we tricked everybody. The treats? They were provided by the pub

On Movies & Media

Well-Made Movies Won't Be... Left Behind

Today, Matt Zoller Seitz, editor of RogerEbert.com, defended The Good Lie, a movie in which the central characters are Christians, as "a good movie." Why did he feel the need to defend it? Well, the success of The Blind Side inspired some backlash — opposition to movies in

On Movies & Media

The Christian Message of David Fincher's Gone Girl . . . (Not Really)

One of my favorite writers on the subject of art, faith, and culture — Alissa Wilkinson — has seen "Gone Girl," the new film by David Fincher. Let's ask her: "What's the message of the movie?"

On Movies & Media

Boyhood: The Podcast!

Listen to my conversation about Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" with Christianity Today's Chief Film Critic Alissa Wilkinson and the Christ and Pop Culture Superfriends — Richard Clark and Wade Bearden.

Interviews

A Novelist, A Horror Filmmaker, and Two Critics: Conversations Worth Hearing

Scott Derrickson, Alissa Wilkinson, Sara Zarr, Steven Greydanus... listen to all of these inspiring Christians talking to each other about art and criticism!

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013): a commentary

"What? You liked The Wolf of Wall Street? How could you possibly recommend such a profane movie that revels in so much evil?" Written as a response to messages like that one, this post was originally titled "Respect The Wolf of Wall Street (The Movie, Not the Man)"

Looking Elsewhere

Hi 5: Why Criticism Matters; Alissa Wilkinson; William James Bookseller; Facebook Followers

Here's today's Hi 5 to the Face report. Hi 5s are going out to... Adam Kirsch, senior editor of The New Republic: For contributing to The New York Times feature Why Criticism Matters." In an editorial titled "The Will Not to Power, but to

The Lucy Variations

Looking Elsewhere: September 5, 2013

A Hi 5 to the Face to... Legendary rock-and-roll recording artist Sam Phillips: For sending this fantastic, one-of-a-kind, handmade LP cover of her wildly inventive, high-spirited new album Push Any Button. You can order your own copy here, including these very limited edition covers made by Sam's own

Lectures

IAM Encounter 10: How Then Shall We Tell Stories?

I hope you enjoy this presentation of my visit to Encounter 10, the 2010 arts conference hosted by International Arts Movement. This talk was my response to a question posed to me by the IAM team. I had the privilege of sharing thoughts in response to the question "How

On Movies & Media

Further Thanks to Christianity Today for a Generous Send-Off

Today's unexpected notes from the team at Christianity Today have been a tremendous blessing to me at the end of a trying week. I am deeply grateful. And thanks to those of you who left comments for me there as well. All I ever did was ramble on,

On Movies & Media

Film Forum: Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York"

Reviews for Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York are piling up at GreenCine Daily. I'll post other memorable responses here soon. I'm seeing the film on Thursday, and, if all goes as planned, interviewing Kaufman on Friday. If you have any questions for him, let

David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace, author of "Infinite Jest," dead at 46.

My thanks to Alissa Wilkinson for passing along the news... The L.A. Times has the story here. Jackie Morales, a records clerk at the department, said Wallace's wife called police at 9:30 p.m. Friday saying she had returned home to find that her husband had

On Books & Writing

David Foster Wallace, author of "Infinite Jest," dead at 46.

My thanks to Alissa Wilkinson for passing along the news... The L.A. Times has the story here. Jackie Morales, a records clerk at the department, said Wallace's wife called police at 9:30 p.m. Friday saying she had returned home to find that her husband had

On Movies & Media

Film Forum: Brideshead Revisited

Congratulations to my good friend Alissa Wilkinson, who makes her debut as a Christianity Today Movies film critic today with a 3 1/2 - star review for Brideshead Revisited: Portraying these types of complex characters always presents a challenge, but with this cast, one could hardly go wrong. Thompson