Image Journal - Jeffrey Overstreet

The Boy Who Believed in Airplanes: reflections on Empire of the Sun (1987)

In my last Good Letters column for Image, I turned to Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun as a way to express my vision and gratitude.

Journal

My #1 Christmas gift recommendation — and five reasons why

I've been asked to recommend five highlights from my many years of reading Image, my favorite literary arts journal. I had difficulty limiting my answer.

On Books & Writing

Carolyn Forché on the Image Podcast

Image editor Greg Wolfe interviews poet and social activist Carolyn Forché.

On Movies & Media

Silence... like you've never heard it before.

Trample! TRAMPLE!

Film Review

Man on Wire (2008) - a reflection

[This reflection on Man on Wire was originally published at Good Letters, the daily blog for Image, on October 21, 2008. I'm republishing it today to acknowledge the release of Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, and to encourage people not to let that film distract you from

On Songs & Albums

Bruce Cockburn: Psalms in Seattle

Legendary guitarist and songwriter Bruce Cockburn spoke about the Psalms as he moved from song to song during his short, seven-song set on Thursday in Seattle.

On Songs & Albums

Bruce Cockburn to Receive the 2015 Denise Levertov Award

Wow. The Denise Levertov Award is the prestigious honor given by the good people of Image "to an artist or creative writer whose work exemplifies a serious and sustained engagement with the Judeo-Christian tradition." Past recipients of the award include poets Scott Cairns, Luci Shaw, Madeline DeFrees,

Tania Runyan

Looking Closer's Last-Minute Christmas Gift Recommendations

Many of you are scrambling to pick up gifts for friends and family, and I feel compelled to bring some possibilities to your attention... gifts that would enrich the lives of those who care about excellence, beauty, truth, and the arts.

On Movies & Media

Overstreet Elsewhere: Selected Features and Essays

Recently, I had the privilege of discussing the theology of the Coen Brothers with one of my favorite film reviewers: Matt Zoller Seitz. You can read that here: * O Coen Brothers, Where Art God? A Conversation Between Matt Zoller Seitz and Jeffrey Overstreet (Press Play, an indieWire blog) And while

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Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine interviews Joe Henry in Image

The new issue of Image is out! Order yours today. In the meantime, you can get a preview online... Read Gregory Wolfe's new piece, "Breath," and an excerpt of Linford Detweiler's in-depth interview with Joe Henry here.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

🗓️This review was originally published at Good Letters, the Image blog. It is reprinted here with permission. Doc Brown might disagree, but Hollywood says you don’t need a DeLorean to visit the past. This summer, your local cineplex is offering time travel at twelve bucks a ticket. In my

Gregory Wolfe

Tonight: A Celebration of IMAGE - Bearing the Mystery

You're invited to join me tonight at Elliott Bay Book Company for a very special reading and booksigning. Robert Clark, Madeline DeFrees, Luci Shaw, Gregory Wolfe, and Mary Kenagy Mitchell will be reading from and signing copies of Bearing the Mystery: 20 Years of Image. Here are the

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An Invitation to a Celebration

I have a special invitation for film-lovers... It's waiting on page 123 of the new issue of Image journal. Order your copy today, or even better... subscribe! Then mark your calendar. The full announcement will be made online soon, and word is already getting around. But if

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Congratulations, IMAGE!

Congratulations to Image journal for twenty years of standard-setting work. In the territory where art and faith intersect, no publication has produced a more profound body of work, nor boasted such an accomplished roster of writers and artists. Check out Bearing the Mystery: Twenty Years of Image, the beautiful,

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Sara Zarr's in the new issue of Image.

Sara Zarr and I are very, very different people, writing very different kinds of books. Nevertheless, we became friends a few years ago at Image journal's summertime arts conference, The Glen Workshop, which takes place in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We met in the fiction workshop taught by

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The Sixth Annual Denise Levertov Award

This just in: Join Image journal and acclaimed writer Eugene Peterson for the 2009 Denise Levertov Award lecture and reading, and a celebration of Image’s Twentieth Anniversary. Peterson, a contributor to Image and author of the bestselling The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, will give a reading and

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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

My Third Conversation with Charlie Kaufman

I first met Charlie Kaufman when he visited Seattle to promote Adaptation. I met him again when he came back to talk about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. About a week and a half ago, when he returned to Seattle to discuss his fantastic new movie Synecdoche, New York,

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Browser, 11/5

First, the preview for Revolutionary Road... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bOHf_EZlgg] HD here. The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. New headlines may be added as the day goes on. Stay tuned. Wow. It's 3:26PM on the