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Into Great Silence

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CTMovies: The Top 10 Most Redeeming Movies of 2007

Okay, here's the first of CTMovies' two annual movie lists... The Top 10 Most Redeeming Movies of 2007! What do you think? What did the ten participating critics* miss? What did we get right? *The ten voters are part of this diverse group of moviegoers.

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Steven D. Greydanus's Favorites of 2007

There is no film critic whose writing I enjoy more than Steven D. Greydanus, even though we sometimes have very different opinions of particular films. (There Will Be Blood, for instance, which didn't mean much to him, but my head is still spinning with all that I enjoyed

Into Great Silence (2005)

- Soren Kierkegaard I hesitate, given the early date and the project’s modesty, to call Into Great Silence one of the best films of the year. I prefer to think of it as the antidote to all of the others. - A. O. Scott Need a little peace and

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Rod Dreher on "Into Great Silence"

It's been a few weeks since I included any more raves here for the year's most important and memorable film so far. So here we go... Rod "Crunchy Con" Dreher discovers Into Great Silence. It is an amazing film -- in fact, this is

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Commonweal on "Into Great Silence"

The new issue of Commonweal includes one columnist's thoughts on Philip Gröning's Into Great Silence and the Viriginia Tech massacre. The writer (I can't find his name on the page) says, Gilead Not everyone is so enchanted by the film. Susan Dunne (Baltimore Sun)

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The New Yorker on "Into Great Silence"

Into Great Silence is "ridiculously popular" in New York, according to a new article in The New Yorker. And when New York's only Carthusian shows up to talk about his order, things get even more interesting.

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Reverence, awe, simplicity, prayer: Three amazing hours at the movies.

Last night, I watched Into Great Silence. I'll be writing about it in detail soon, but I can tell you now: I doubt I'll see a more affecting, inspiring, convicting work this year. It opens in Seattle today. Go see it. Be prepared. It's

FILM FORUM: Into Great Silence, Zodiac, Black Snake Moan, and Wild Hogs

Welcome to the first installment of Looking Closer's Film Forum! Yes, Film Forum has moved from Christianity Today Movies to Looking Closer, and things are going to change somewhat. It'll include links to a wider range of reviews, from the religious press to mainstream film criticism.

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Steven Greydanus on the First Must-See Movie of 2007

Steven D. Greydanus at Decent Films, one of my favorite film critics, has me scrambling to make plans to see a quiet movie that just might creep past moviegoers unnoticed. His review of Into Great Silence sets it apart for me as the first must-see of 2007. Its achievement virtually