Image - Jeffrey Overstreet

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.

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Laura Bramon Good on "The Girlfriend Experience"

I've been following Laura Bramon Good's writing since she spent some time at SPU as the year's Milton Fellow, leading the Milton Center writers' group. She's an excellent writer with a big heart, and I love her contributions to the Good

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Gregory Wolfe on Tarkovsky's "Stalker"... and Image.

I haven't seen Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. That's something I must rectify soon, especially since Tarkovsky's Mirror, Andrei Rublev, and The Sacrifice are among the most memorable films I've seen in the last two decades. Here's Gregory Wolfe reflecting

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A 20th Anniversary event... and you're invited to read every word.

All in one issue. * Gregory Wolfe on Tarkovsky's Stalker * Franz Wright * Makoto Fujimura * Tim Rollins * Robert Cording * Ron Hansen * Stanley Hauerwas * Christian Wiman * Ted & Cathy Prescott * Scott Cairns * Harold Fickett and... * Sam Phillips (interviewed by yours truly) You'll get this 20th Anniversary Issue of Image

Glen Workshop

Registration for The Glen Workshop 2009 is open!

Come join the fun, the inspiration, the awe... Anne and I will be visiting the Glen Workshop for the fifth summer in a row. It's our favorite week of the year. We call it a "sneak preview of heaven." And just look at the list of

The Auralia Thread

"Cyndere's Midnight": Reviews and Interviews, Part One

Reviews are beginning to pop up here and there for Cyndere's Midnight: * Image * Christian Fiction Review * A Peek at My Bookshelf - Deena Peterson PLUS: A new interview about Cyndere's Midnight * TitleTrakk - Lisa Fox * Amazon customer review - Jake Chism * The Swivet - Colleen Lindsay

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Image Artist of the Month: Wim Wenders

This month, Image Journal's Artist of the Month isfilmmaker Wim Wenders. As one who was formerly selected, I can promise Mr. Wenders that his fame will now skyrocket, and he'll never have to worry about paying bills again! All kidding aside... Wenders is one of my

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At Image: Kelly Foster on "Why I Watch Sex and the City"

I knew that if Image journal ran a piece on the Sex and the City controversy, that I would gain some perspective that I'd been lacking in the heat of the recent debate. Sure enough, Kelly Foster's honest, personal testimony, "Why I Watch Sex and

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Brian Volck Discovers "There Will Be Blood"

Brian Volck saw There Will Be Blood for the first time on DVD. That's too bad, as it was a riveting big-screen experience. But Volck does not appear to have suffered much. He was, to borrow the term my friend Brandon Fibbs employed when he first saw the

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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

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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&

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100 Writers of Faith

Thanks to the folks at Image for this: A central part of Image's mission is to showcase the wealth of contemporary writing that grapples in a serious way with religious faith. But, of course, we are also always mindful of Image's "patron saints" — T.

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Scott Cairns in Seattle!

Scott Cairns Reading at Elliott Bay Book Co. Saturday, February 9, 5:00 p.m. Please join Image as poet, essayist, and Eastern Orthodox convert Scott Cairns reads from his new memoir Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven - A Pilgrimage, a chronicle of a unique midlife

The Auralia Thread

Auralia in Image

A nd last but not least... it appears that somebody over at Image journal has read Auralia's Colors!

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This Year's Denise Levertov Award Goes To...

Here's an exciting announcement from the folks at Image. And what a great choice. I've had the privilege of meeting Mr. Lott and hearing him read last summer, and I was mightily impressed. Please join us as Bret Lott, author of the Oprah Book Club selection

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Lies and Slander at Image Journal!

Somehow I've managed to offend someone over at Image, because they've posted my mug shot there and have included all manner of lies and slander about me! I've read Image for many years, partly because I'd be hard-pressed to find such ambitious

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Greg Wolfe on Why the Inklings Aren't Enough

In the new issue of Image, editor Greg Wolfe writes about the problem of Christian veneration of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. What concerns me, however, is not so much the tendency of many Christians to treat these two writers as saints, as dubious as that may

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The Image Film Festival Starts Friday!

If you can get to Seattle this weekend, you should be sure to catch the Image Film Festival. Click the picture to see a larger version of the poster. Click here for information about the event, which should feature some challenging discussions.

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Great Films, True Stories: The 2006 Image Film Festival

This year's Image Film Festival promises to be a challenging, exciting series of events. It's entitled “Telling the Truth: The Art of Documentary Films,” featuring five documentary films that satisfy our desire for revelation, entertainment, emotional connection, and above all, truth. Join us for the kick-off

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Seattle Times on Image and the Wolfes

I was dismayed to realize this morning that I had forgotten to link to this Seattle Times feature on Greg and Suzanne Wolfe, the minds and hearts behind the extraordinary Image journal. The journal is a showcase for the idea that you can find salvation in high art, beauty in

Looking Elsewhere

Looking Elsewhere: November 17, 2005

Wednesday specials: THIS YEAR'S DEMILLELecter will get some lovin'.DOES ASLAN HAVE A THEME? Listen to clips from the first Narnia soundtrack here! WALTER SEZ: GO SHOPPING! After stirring things up with his controversial post about Wendell Berry, now Adam Walter's stirring a different pot.

Looking Elsewhere

Looking Elsewhere: November 11, 2005

Wednesday's specials: Good news! I've just snared a deal for a new monthly film column. Can't tell you where yet, but I'll give you the details soon. THE NEW ISSUE OF IMAGE IS READY FOR YOU Click here to peruse the contents

Andrew Hudgins

Anne and I are Coming to Santa Fe, NM.

Have you considered The Glen Workshop? Poetry - Andrew Hudgins, B.H. Fairchild Fiction - Erin McGraw Spiritual Writing - Paula Huston Playwriting/Screenwriting - Arlene Hutton Seminar - Elmer Yazzie Life Drawing - Barry Moser Mixed Media - Barry Krammes Watercolor - Laura Lasworth Musicians-in-Residence - Over the Rhine

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And the Denise Levertov award goes to...

News from the house of Wolfe... Image The Levertov Award is given annually to an artist or creative writer whose work exemplifies a serious and sustained engagement with the Judeo-Christian tradition And this year's award goes to poet Franz Wright. The ceremony will take place Tuesday, May 17,

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Overstreet in IMAGE

It was one of the greatest privileges I've had as a writer to be invited to write on "the future of film" for the 15th Anniversary Issue of Image Journal. This issue is on its way to subscribers' mailboxes now, and if you're