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Good Letters

A collection of 10 posts

On Movies & Media

Is This the Year's Best Christmas Film?

That's my question in my latest article at Image's Good Letters blog. Here's how it starts: I have terrible taste in Christmas movies.

Avatar (2009)

[This review of Avatar was originally published at Good Letters, the official blog of Image.] • If you didn’t have one, you had a friend who did: The Big Toybox. You know the one I mean: A wooden crate like the Ark of the Covenant, full of mystery and revelation.

A Serious Man (2009)

A Serious Man (2009)

[This review was originally published at Good Letters, the blog hosted by Image.] * There’s an envelope full of cash on Larry Gopnik’s desk. He didn’t put it there. But he can guess who did. A student in Larry’s physics class has been begging him for a

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

[This two-part post about Quentin Tarantino's style and the release of Inglourious Basterds was originally published at Good Letters, the Image blog. I have also posted a guest review of the film by Ryan Holt.] • NOTE: The following post contains spoilers. • Part One In elementary school, I read

Munyurangabo (2009)

Munyurangabo (2009)

This review was originally published at Good Letters, the Image blog. • Sangwa’s family stands in a line, raising their picks, and striking the ground again, again, and again. In writing about director Lee Isaac Chung’s first feature film, Munyurangabo, it may seem strange that I’m singling out

On Books & Writing

Elliott Spitzer Makes a Porno, Part II; Also: Christian Approach to Movies

Laura Bramon Good delivers Part 2 of her series "Elliot Spitzer Makes a Porno" ... at Image's blog, Good Letters. (If you missed Part 1, it's here.) * Greg Wright on "Anatomy of a Christian Approach to Movies" (Hey, thanks, Greg! I'm

On Movies & Media

Double feature: "The Wedding and the High Wire Act" and "Watch... and Listen"

At Image, a balancing act. At Christianity Today, a look at three films about music.

On Books & Writing

Image: Ricky Gervais, a Bad Word, the Pacific Ocean, and More.

A few highlights from the last week of Good Letters, the Image blog... * A.G. Harmon on Ricky Gervais - "My Favorite Atheist" * Brian Volck on a maddening word... "nice." * Kelly Foster on the power of the Pacific Ocean. * Ann Conway on "The Fear Dog

On Movies & Media

IMAGE: "The Secret" is screwy, and other recent observations.

I continue to find frequent, thought-provoking, inspiring thoughts at the new Image blog. Ann Conway notes the problem with The Secret. Other recent IMAGE commentaries include: * A look at the new film As We Forgive, "first-time filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson's look at reconciliation in the wake of

On Books & Writing

Highlights from Image: Amazing Grace; Bono and Christian music

This new Image blog? I'm loving it. Brave, thought-provoking, substantial¬†new material every week. Check out A.G. Harmon's skepticism regarding the celebrated movie Amazing Grace. And Lukas Kwong's excellent consideration of church music and the Christian musician. Should Christian musicians be following Bono&