On Books & Writing In the Cosmos of the Arts, a Christian Cosmonaut Is Born Again “NASA Twins Study Confirms Astronaut’s DNA Actually Changed in Space.” That’s the headline that makes you choke, then narrow your eyes, and forget what you were searching for.Come on. This isn’t The Twilight Zone. A man left earth and came back as somebody else? If you
On Movies & Media Three professors profess their love for The Secret of Kells Listen as Jeffrey Overstreet welcomes Dr. Christine Chaney and Dr. Brian Bantum from Seattle Pacific University to a conversation about the many wonders of the movie The Secret of Kells.
Journal A tale of two podcasts: my visits to Forma and Libromania In which I find myself as a special guest on two separate podcasts, both of them hosted by David Kern, for conversations about Madeleine L'Engle and the best movies of 2018.
On Movies & Media Dead Poets Society and the Legacy of Dr. Luke Reinsma Four years ago this week, I wrote about how I had changed my mind about "Dead Poets Society." This week, I re-post it as a tribute to my favorite professor.
Journal Three qualities of beauty I think I might just scrap all of my syllabus explanations regarding how I grade essays and short stories in my writing classes. I'll just replace those with this passage from Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose: For three things concur in creating beauty: first
Interviews 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 Here We Go Again: Malick and "The Tree of Life" I know, I know, I'm late to this party. But I'm not really. I reported on Terrence Malick's Tree of Life project ages ago, and was quickly corrected and informed that I was merely perpetuating rumors about a project that was abandoned long ago.
On Movies & Media At GreenLake Presybterian: Let’s Talk About the Movies of 2004 You could sit and read dozens of “Year’s Best” lists in the next few weeks, or you could just skip all of that and pencil this date onto your calendar: January 9th, 2005.
On Movies & Media Ocean’s Twelve: “Recess” for the stars There are at least three big surprises that will be far more enjoyable if they remain just that... surprises. Unfortunately, critics are spoiling those surprises. So put the newspaper away.
On Movies & Media My weekend In Good Company in L.A. I just returned from L.A., where I participated in a press conference with writer/director Paul Weitz, asking him questions about one of the most enjoyable mainstream comedies of the year, In Good Company, which stars Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johansson. I also had the privilege of
Response On Silence: Reinsma Reviews the Best Novel I’ve Read This Year I finished reading Shusaku Endo's Silence a few months ago, and there hasn't been a day that's passed since then that the book hasn't haunted me. I highly recommend that you add it to your must-read list. Here's a new
The Incredibles Who will stand up for The Incredibles? ☠️2026 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Some of these links may no longer work due to the cruel realities of the Internet’s impermanence. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.) I’m preserving this post for archival purposes. No mainstream American
Over the Rhine New Over the Rhine album next March ☠️2026 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Some of these links may no longer work due to the cruel realities of the Internet’s impermanence. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.) I’m preserving this post for archival purposes. Here’s an
On Movies & Media Awake, fans of Middle Earth and Narnia! And Thanksgiving just keeps on going! Today, six minutes of footage from the Extended Edition of The Return of the King is online ... here. And your first glimpse of the enchanted wardrobe from The Chronicles of Narnia is ... here.
U2 Second impression: U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Last night, I went home and put the CD on the big stereo and really let the thing breathe. I heard a whole different album.
U2 Who, how, and why you love ☠️2026 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Some of these links may no longer work due to the cruel realities of the Internet’s impermanence. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.) I’m preserving this post for archival purposes. Each member of
On Movies & Media Kate Bowman: Improving Christian dialogue on film My friend Kate Bowman knocked one out of the park in Catapult magazine last month. Way to go, Kate!!
On Movies & Media Sideways should earn Paul Giamatti another nomination I finally caught up with Alexander Payne’s latest film, Sideways, tonight.
On Movies & Media Don’t miss House of Flying Daggers Film critics are beginning to groan about this being an interesting but less-than-satisfying year for movies. I’ve got to agree. Usually, the Oscar season reveals a handful of movies that are worth revisiting time and time again. This year, there's been one disappointment after another, with only
U2 U2 in The New York Times U2 wins raves in The New York Times today, and look great in the photo that accompanies the article. (That photo’s sure a lot more interesting than the album cover, which is the most unremarkable in the band's history.) Here are some choice quotes: Tensions between intellect
On Books & Writing Pullman: American Christians are “mirror image” of Islamic extremists I consistently get emails from readers of Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass, angry that I would dare criticize such a fine author. They argue that I'm exaggerating the anti-Christianity theme of the books. They seem to think Pullman is a man of staggering intellectual powers. Well,
On Movies & Media What the world needs now from Michael Moore and the rest of us ☠️2026 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Some of these links may no longer work due to the cruel realities of the Internet’s impermanence. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.) I’m preserving this post for archival purposes. Hooray for David
U2 U2 Update: Sunday Times The Sunday Times takes us behind the scenes for one-on-one interviews with each member of U2. * Adam Clayton talks about kicking bad habits. * Larry Mullen talks about U2 as a family, and who’s the dad, who’s the mom. * Edge talks about ... well ... being the Edge. * Bono shares his
