CT Movies - Jeffrey Overstreet

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,

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Thanks to the Team at Christianity Today

Just an FYI: Due to my present overload of writing responsibilities and other various pressures and stresses, I've decided to surrender my participation at CT Movies. My latest Through a Screen Darkly column, "Feasting on Films", will be my last contribution there for the foreseeable future

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"Knowing" Remarks from Ebert and... Well... Others

Roger Ebert bothered many film critics and moviegoers when he turned in a four-star review of Alex Proyas's new film Knowing. Today, he's defending his rave review. Meanwhile, Christianity Today's review was posted last week -- more high praise. But that review inspired backlash

Through a Screen Darkly

Through a Screen Darkly 2: Even Darklier

The curtain just went up on my new monthly column at Christianity Today Movies. It's named after my "memoir of dangerous moviegoing." Enjoy!

The Auralia Thread

Looking Closer Breaks New Ground in September

In September, I'm rearranging my weekly schedule to find a better balance. Friends have begun to point out that I'm wearing myself out. If I keep up this pace of office work, review writing, and book writing, I'm headed for serious trouble with my

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Compromising Caspian?

Today at CT Movies, witness Mark Moring challenging Douglas Gresham on Prince Caspian. And Gresham's answers are just fine... that is, if you aren't concerned that the movie be true to the book, and if you thought the film version of The Lion, the Witch and

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Readers Respond to the CT Movies Critics Choice

It's business as usual as readers respond to the 2007 Critics Choice list at CT Movies. What did readers think of Juno, which was the #1 favorite film amongst CT's film critics? And what about Into Great Silence, which showed up on both the Critics Choice

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: CT Readers Choose Best of '07. The Passion of the Screenwriter. Is Juno Overrated?

Where does Evan Almighty rate higher than No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood? In the Readers' Choice Awards at Christianity Today Movies! (Earlier, the CT Movies Critics Choice awards.) * The Passion of the Screenwriter A screenwriter sued Mel Gibson More at Peter Chattaway's

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The 2007 Critics' Choice List from Christianity Today's Film Critics

You saw the first list, the Most Redeeming Films of 2007. Now, here's the Critics' Choice list. I just can't wait to read the mail this week!

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CTMovies: The Top 10 Most Redeeming Movies of 2007

Okay, here's the first of CTMovies' two annual movie lists... The Top 10 Most Redeeming Movies of 2007! What do you think? What did the ten participating critics* miss? What did we get right? *The ten voters are part of this diverse group of moviegoers.

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Christians as a "Niche Market"? (Or... What I Learned at the Biola Media Conference)

My overview of the volatile conversations and debates at the Biola Conference is now published at Christianity Today Movies. "I'm quite angry at God, actually," Batali told CT Movies. "I'm angry that he has blessed bad art—even certain Christian films that have

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New Feedback at CT Movies

There are a couple of new letters up at the CT Movies feedback page... or, as I like to call it, the Greatest Show on Earth. You never know what the letters will be like... sometimes it's inspiring, sometimes it's discouraging, and sometimes it's

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"Have We Lost Our Minds?" Readers Say "No!"

My blog post about CT Movies' reviews and the Christian perspective that informs them was republished (in an abridged, revised form) at CT Movies. And now, readers are responding. Perhaps CT Movies is not so out of touch with its Christian audience after all. Check out the letters marked

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The Christianity Today Readers' Poll

I've already linked to Christianity Today's "Most Redeeming Movies of 2006" list (a list of the most inspiring, redemptive big-screen stories of the year). And I've linked to their critics' "Cream of the Crop" list (a list of the

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The latest amazing presumption about my life, my faith

Does this sound presumptuous to you? The reality is [Mark, Peter, and Jeffrey] are guys who spend all day immersed in the culture of Hollywood, ostensibly “screening” movies while others work real full time jobs to support them.* That claim, and another extensive attack on CT film critics, was posted

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Mark Moring on CT Movies, Walden, the CT film awards, and recent criticism of CT's alleged "agenda"

Here's Mark Moring's newsletter for the week. I encourage you to subscribe. It's usually brief, to-the-point, and gives Mark a chance to weigh in on recent events at CT Movies. This week, he had a lot on his mind, and responded appropriately.

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Are Christianity Today's Movie Reviews Written With an "Anti-Evangelical Agenda"?

As you may already know, this week a radio talk-show host accused Christianity Today Movies' film reviewers of misrepresenting the magazine's foundation of evangelical conviction. And a Christian filmmaker responded to one of those reviews by declaring that one of CT's most prolific and respected

Film Forum

"The Last Sin Eater" and CT Movies, Round Two: Film Forum

Many, many thanks to Peter T. Chattaway for doing a great job covering Film Forum while I spent several days revising Auralia's Colors. (Four days straight, from 8am to 10:30pm working on my laptop, finding better words for things. Whew. And it ain't over yet.

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CT's Top Ten Lists: A Sign of the Coming Apocalypse?

If you're reading Through a Screen Darkly, you've probably come across some of my "war stories" about the outrageous letters and emails I've received over the years as a Christian film reviewer. I wish I could say things are getting easier. They&

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"What?! You Mentioned Mormonism?"

A few days back, Christianity Today Movies published an interview with film director Richard Dutcher, who has a Mormon background. And this provoked a classic reactionary response. Read the letter, read CT's reply, and shake your head and sigh... Editor's note: Um, the article wasn'

Film Forum

Record-Breaker: 17 Movies in This week's Film Forum

* Which Christian film critic calls The Fountain "a syncretistic mishmash that never addresses core biblical teaching about humanity's sin and our need for a Savior"? * And which one calls it "a brilliantly conceived and executed artistic vision"? * Who said Deja Vu "feels a

Interviews

My Conversation(s) with Darren Aronofsky ("The Fountain," "Requiem for a Dream")

Earlier this month, I had a long conversation with director Darren Aronofsky, the man responsible for this year's most ambitious sci-fi film The Fountain, and who has also given us Requiem for a Dream and Pi. We talked by telephone about The Fountain, and about how it begs

Film Forum

Tomorrow's Film Forum May Catch Angry CT Movies Readers By Surprise.

Some Christianity Today Movies readers have sent in some very angry mail in response to Josh Hurst's review of Facing the Giants. They're saying things like (and I quote...) Shame, shame, shame on you for giving Facing the Giants a bad review! I've heard

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Steven Greydanus joins CT Movies!

CT Movies is... Captain Mark Moring Peter T. Chattaway Carolyn Arends Lisa Ann Cockrel Camerin Courtney Todd Hertz Josh Hurst Ron Reed and now... Steven Greydanus!! What a team! I think I'm going to quit CT Movies just so I can focus my efforts on establishing a fan

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Hiatus!! (or Through a Book Project Darkly)

For the first time in my five-plus years writing the weekly Film Forum for Christianity Today Movies, I'm going on hiatus. The lovely and talented JOSH HURST will be piloting the craft while I'm gone, and I'm sure I'll be humbled by