Django Unchained Blaze of Gory: Overstreet's Christianity Today commentary on Django Unchained One from the archive: Here's the commentary that Christianity Today editors asked me to write in 2013.
Academy Awards Overstreet's Favorite Films of 2024 — The Top Twelve Gradually, I'm posting my list tonight. Because it sounded like fun. Who knows if anyone will be monitoring this while the Oscar show unfolds...
Favorite Films Overstreet's Favorite Films of 2023 — The Top Ten And so we reach the top of the heap, the culmination of my annual countdown. Here are my ten favorite movies of 2023, each with a poster, a synopsis, a trailer, & my very own video commentary. Enjoy!
On Movies & Media Overstreet's Favorite Films of 2022 — Part Three: The Top Ten The day has finally come — I've seen enough films from 2022, and spent enough time reading about them, talking about them with thoughtful moviegoers, and writing about them that I'm ready to post my favorite films of 2022. (Just in time for the Oscars!)
On Movies & Media Overstreet’s Favorite Films of 2022 — Part Two: Top-Ten-Worthy Runners-Up This list of fifteen more represents all of the movies that I cannot believe I’m not including in my final Top Ten list.
On Movies & Media Overstreet's Favorite Films of 2022 — Part One: Honorable Mentions The Academy Awards are about to hand out a bunch of Oscars, and they're going to throw around the term "best" a lot. That's a relatively meaningless term. I want to know about the films that moved and inspired you. Here's Part One of a three-part post on my own favorite films of 2022.
On Movies & Media Favorite Films of 2021 — Part Three: The Top 30 March madness continues!If you missed Parts One and Two, catch up! I've been asked by the critics at two different podcasts to name my favorite film of 2021, and it's been difficult to answer.At Seeing & Believing with Kevin McLenithan and Sarah Welch-Larson, I
On Movies & Media Favorite Films of 2021 — Part Two: Honorable Mentions The March madness continues! Art is not a contest, no matter how heavily the Oscars are hyped. But movies do give us a chance to share what moves us, what challenges us, what enchants us. In doing so, we have an opportunity to learn more about ourselves and — more importantly
On Movies & Media Favorite Films of 2021 — Part One: It's Complicated It's March 12, 2022. The Oscars will be handed out next weekend... ...and I still haven't posted my Favorite Films of 2021 list! Oh, well — better late than never. Why? Why bother? I wouldn't dream of skipping a year: List-making is a personal liturgy
On Movies & Media Overstreet's 39 Favorite Films of 2020 Consider this a travel journal full of wonders, escapes, thrills, wisdom, and revelation. These are the films that blessed and challenged me most in 2020. Most of them are easily accessible now and you can enjoy them and share them. Take your time and explore.
On Movies & Media Favorite Films of 2019: Intro and Honorable Mentions It begins with the usual disclaimer: This list, like all of my film lists, is a work in progress. Of course it is. The temptation to pronounce judgments on works of art is great, more than ever in this culture of "rating" things with "Like" or