Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials - Jeffrey Overstreet

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Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

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Through a Screen Darkly - Film Festivals for Discussion Groups (Organized by Theme)

Through a Screen Darkly

Through a Screen Darkly - Film Festivals for Discussion Groups (Organized by Theme)

Note from Jeffrey Overstreet: They are not intended to represent comprehensive lists of films on their particular themes. Rather, they are films that I personally have found challenging and rewarding, and I have enjoyed discussions about them with other moviegoers. I’ve compiled these lists with discerning adult viewers in

Through a Screen Darkly - Rewarding Films for Movie Discussion Groups

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Rewarding Films for Movie Discussion Groups

1. Films for General Adult Discussion Groups 2. Films for Ambitious Adult Discussion Groups 3. Films to Discuss with Young Viewers Note from Jeffrey Overstreet: They are not intended to represent comprehensive lists of films on their particular themes. Rather, they are films that I personally have found challenging and

Through a Screen Darkly - Follow-Up Readings for Chapters in Through a Screen Darkly

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Follow-Up Readings for Chapters in Through a Screen Darkly

Follow-up reading for Chapter One: How a Camel Made a Grown Man Cry * Curious about films referenced in this chapter? Read Jeffrey’s reviews of Chariots of Fire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Story of the Weeping Camel, and Amadeus. * What’s behind the creativity on display in

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Commentary - The Court Jester of Christian Rock

Christian Culture's Court Jester: A Note of Thanks to Steve Taylor This reflection on the work of Steve Taylor was originally intended as part of the chapter on comedy in Through a Screen Darkly. • Directed by the Court Jester of Christian RockAs a teenager, I was disillusioned with

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Commentary - Spooked by Safe

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Commentary - Spooked by Safe

This reflection on Todd Haynes' film Safe was originally intended as part of the examination of horror films in Through a Screen Darkly. • "Is it safe?" Thanks to a nightmare-inducing movie called Marathon Man, those three simple words send chills down my spine. Laurence Olivier asked that

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Commentary - Does the Media Have an Anti-Christian Bias?

Through a Screen Darkly

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Commentary - Does the Media Have an Anti-Christian Bias?

A bonus commentary for readers of Through a Screen Darkly. • Yes, I do grow weary of the relentless portrayals of Christians as brainless idiots on the big screen. And those who are eager to dismiss Christianity will happily embrace these portrayals as some kind of verification that our faith is

Through a Screen Darkly - Questions for Film Discussion Groups

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Questions for Film Discussion Groups

Consider these to be prompts to get things moving, or suggestions for expanding a conversation into new territory. This is by no means a comprehensive list of post-viewing questions. They represent avenues of conversation that I have found rewarding and even surprising when audiences have been willing to stay for

Through a Screen Darkly - Recommended Reading on Faith and Art

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Recommended Reading on Faith and Art

* Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable.(New Directions books.) In the sixties, Father Thomas Merton challenged artists to break loose from cultural and religious agendas that hindered them from creating freely and with excellence. He alerts us to the dangerous lies that lure artists to pride, to hollow success, and

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - Beyond the Comics

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - Beyond the Comics

[Including a consideration of Au Hasard Balthazar] I'm No Superman When I was, oh, seven or eight years old, my parents bought me The Comic-Strip Bible for Christmas. My interest in the Bible jumped about 85%. I think I read the whole thing through twice before New Year&

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - The Greatest Story Ever Told By Accident

[Including a consideration of Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, and Babel] Encountering Christ While Running From Him Those who meditate on the character of Christ will be surprised to find him everywhere ... even in movies that seem at first to have nothing to do with the Gospel. In