Scott Cairns The Event Of Poetry: Poet Scott Cairns On Reading, Writing, And Responsibility From the archives: In 2000, I interviewed the poet Scott Cairns, who would become the director of Seattle Pacific's MFA in Creative Writing program, and a mentor.
On Movies & Media Babette's Feast: The Leftovers! Thanksgiving leftovers!Listen in on a conversation between Alissa Wilkinson, Sam Thielman, and Jeffrey Overstreet as they celebrate the greatest feast ever filmed.
Interviews A Bright Moon Over the Dunes: Memories of Japan Become Music in Eric Gorfain's "Kyo Shu" Here's my conversation with composer and musician Eric Gorfain, whom you have probably heard many times on albums you love. But wait until you hear his new solo work!
Journal A Three-Piece Suit and a Doctor Strange T-Shirt This is crazy. The latest episode of 0ne of my favorite podcasts — The Image Podcast — features a conversation between host Jessica Mesman Griffith, writer Morgan Meis, and... me! Listen here. We talked about how our life stories brought us to art and faith by very different paths. We talked about
On Movies & Media From Bamboozled to BlacKkKlansman: A conversation about Spike Lee Joints In the latest episode of North by Pacific Northwest, I discusses Spike Lee’s films with cinephile, writer, and frequent Criterion Reflections contributor Josh Hornbeck.
On Movies & Media The Theology of the Coen Brothers? A Conversation Between Matt Zoller Seitz and Jeffrey Overstreet Originally titled "O Coen Brothers, Where Art God?", this is my conversation with Matt Zoller Seitz about theology, Raising Arizona, morality, Fargo, good and evil, The Big Lebowski, and so much more.
On Movies & Media The Dardennes speak! Attention to detail: Darren Hughes interviews the Dardenne brothers about observation and subtlety at work in their new film The Unknown Girl.
Interviews Silence According to Scorsese: a Looking Closer interview "I believe you are previewing Silence today," said the email. I blinked. I had only just opened my laptop on a Tuesday afternoon in order to prepare my notes for my film class at Northwest University. But everything else vanished in a moment. All I could do was
Interviews The day I met Alejandro González Iñárritu It was almost ten years ago now that I sat down to talk with Alejandro González Iñárritu about his first Best Picture nomination: a film called Babel, which I found challenging, ambitious, and complex. To date, it's the only one of his films I enjoy. Last night, when
Interviews Bret Lott and the Ambition contest winners It's Christmas Eve. I feel like handing out some gifts. A few weeks ago, I invited people to send me their lists of films, books, or songs that speak to them about ambition. Then I asked a jury of Looking Closer Specialists to vote on the lists they
Interviews Writers of Ambition: a roundtable interview This may be a first: I don't know that I've ever interviewed several of my favorite writers at once. But Ambition has made me ambitious. In Ambition, the Chrysostom Society’s latest collaborative book of wisdom and testimony, nine members of the Society — Diane Glancy, Emilie
Interviews Cary Elwes made a Madeleine L'Engle movie? Today is the birthday of Cary Elwes — best known (whether he likes it or not) as Wesley from The Princess Bride, and as the author of a new memoir: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. Here's something that isn't very
Interviews #AllTheFeels: A conversation with Inside Out imaginations How Joy and Fear Became Joy and Sadness: My Chat with Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
On Songs & Albums Listening Closer to Andrew Peterson On Saturday, October 9, singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson celebrated the release of his new album The Burning Edge of Dawn with a joyous live show at Nashville’s Grace Community Church that featured a crowded stage of special guests. This was my first experience of a live Peterson hubbub, and
Interviews The Innocence Mission Returns The Innocence Mission have a new record coming out this week: Hello I Feel the Same, from Korda Records. To mark the occasion, I've rediscovered a conversation that I enjoyed with them way back in 2002, and that got lost as this blog moved from place to place.
Interviews A film score scholar defending... Ladyhawke? An interview with film score scholar Timothy Greiving about his passion for soundtracks... including one of the most unpopular scores ever composed.
Film Reviews Song of the Sea (2014): A Conversation With Animator and Author Ken Priebe The Secret of Kells is gorgeous, dramatic, funny, moving, alive with mystery, and bursting with details that continue to emerge viewing after viewing. It's no surprise that it took so many years for Tomm Moore and his team to come up with another feature-length film: Song of the Sea.
Interviews Flashback: My conversation with Sam Phillips This weekend, Sam Phillips joined Joe Henry onstage for what was reportedly a knockout, 2 1/2-hour concert. Oh, if only I could have teleported down to L.A. to at the Coronet. I've been in a bit of a funk, knowing that I was missing one of
Interviews Coyote Hunting at Christmas with Linford Detweiler In this, my fourth Looking Closer conversation with Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine, we talked about the stories behind the songs on the band's third "Reality Christmas" album, Blood Oranges in the Snow.
On Movies & Media A Novelist, A Horror Filmmaker, and Two Critics: Conversations Worth Hearing Scott Derrickson, Alissa Wilkinson, Sara Zarr, Steven Greydanus... listen to all of these inspiring Christians talking to each other about art and criticism!
