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Looking Elsewhere

Browser: ArtsandFaith.com, Pixar Wine, Nick Cave's Gladiator 2, St. Vincent... and Love.

I'm sorry that things have been slow on the blog lately. I've just wrapped up an essay for an upcoming issue of Image, and I'm burning the midnight oil as I revise Raven's Ladder for an early 2010 publication. But I'

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Should Christians Give Christian Movies Rave Reviews?

If you've been reading this blog recently, you know that Christian film critics sometimes get blasted for pointing out weaknesses in Christian films. I thought I'd ask the thoughtful, eloquent crowd of Christians over at ArtsandFaith.com what they think about this question: How should a

Looking Elsewhere

Looking Elsewhere: November 21, 2005

Monday's specials: Will Your Pastor's Sermon win Narnia Sermon Contest?In other words, can your pastor be bribed into lacing your Sunday morning worship with Hollywood propaganda? What's that? Is that the sound of a whip lashing in the foyer? And who's

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The Arts and Faith Top 100

Film critics and cinephiles at the Arts and Faith Conversation have revised their list of 100 Spiritually Significant Films, and the picture has changed dramatically. Michael Leary offers a fantastic commentary on the list over at The Matthews House Project. How many of the Top 100 have you seen? What

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2005 Film Nominations for [AFC]2 ... so far ...

Time to resurrect this post, if only to point out how lame the year 2005 is when it comes to movies in U.S. theaters. (Notice how carefully I said that. Elsewhere in the world, there are, no doubt, amazing films being revealed, films that U.S. distributors don'

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2005 Film Nominations for [AFC]2... so far...

UPDATE: The currently updated list is located now at THIS post.

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The 2005 Arts and Faith Film Critics Circle Awards - Nominations

For those who don't know, the Arts and Faith Film Critics Circle is a fellowship of critics applying Christian perspectives to film through reviews and discussion, seeking to encourage revealing and intelligent dialogue about the human experience. Formely the Promontory Film Critics Circle, this four-year-old association changed its

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Ron Reed: Spiritually Significant Films

Film critic Ron Reed considers the Arts & Faith Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films today at CT. Nicely done, Ron!

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100 Spiritually Significant Films

Arts & Faith is pleased to announce the 2004 Top100 list of spiritually significant films. The Top100 list draws upon decades of cinema and includes U.S. and foreign movies. Popular, "blockbuster" films are balanced with art films. The list offers readers the best, most spiritually significant films