Looking Closer in the News - Jeffrey Overstreet

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Looking Closer in the News

A collection of 12 posts

Looking Elsewhere

Wild Things; Robert Clark; Ethix; Elvis Costello; Tom Waits; Darcy James Argue; Vince Vaughn; Moses; Chesterton; and more.

The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. New headlines may be added as the day goes on. Stay tuned. 1. One of the most surreal moments in my adventures online: Hearing the news about Obama's Nobel prize, I signed in to Twitter

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Mercy! I'm in The Washington Times today!

Wow. I make what may be my first-ever online comment about Bill Maher, and I end up in The Washington Times! These World Wide Webs... they're just full of surprises.

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Looking Closer... looking back.

Moments like this just make me grateful to work with such thoughtful, brave, and dedicated collaborators. So I'm going to take a moment here and thank a few people who have invested in my work, inspired and challenged me, and played essential roles in the achievements that the

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Flattered to Be Quoted, But...

This CanWest article about The Golden Compass rightly spotlights the crux of the conflict over author Phillip Pullman's anti-Christian prejudice and anti-C.S. Lewis propaganda. But it's wrong to identify me as a "Catholic film critic." (Apparently, they're quoting an earlier, erroneous

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Looking Closer is Back in The Seattle Times!

Somehow, I missed Sunday's edition of The Seattle Times, and didn't find out until today that the Pacific Northwest Magazine again ran an update on my doings at Looking Closer... Thanks to Richard Seven for doing the follow-up story! (If you missed the original cover story,

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Specials: Serenity, Chattaway, Eighth Day Books

Today's Specials: * Yet another exciting trailer for Serenity! * Peter T. Chattaway quotes some Overstreet guy in one of his articles... a piece about Hollywood's search for that elusive "Christian audience." * As is frequently the case, I'm one of the last people to

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Joke of the Day (except that it's true)

I'm not making this up. This just happened to me. I was contacted this morning by someone who works for one of the three major news networks. They wanted me to come downtown and film a segment for a TV news talk-show addressing the question, "Is the

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Many, Many Thanks to Those Who Emailed Me

To those who have emailed me in response to The Seattle Times feature on Looking Closer, I can't thank you enough for the encouragement you've given me. I will answer each and every email that you've sent as I find the time, but it&

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Looking Closer Becomes a Cover Story

The Seattle Times article is up! (... he says, as he crawls under his desk in bewilderment.) On the front page of the Pacific Northwest Magazine section, it'll appear just ahead of the headline: Slug Bait No More! I owe many thanks to the two fellows responsible for this

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I'm in the L.A. Daily News Today

It's always strange to have one or two lines quoted when the interview lasted an hour. But there it is. ... In Glenn Whipp's L.A. Daily News article about Million Dollar Baby and its controversial ending, I'm quoted as defending the movie's

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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!!

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In TIME...

Well, it’s been an exciting day already, and it’s only 11am. For what it’s worth, I’m quoted in this week’s issue of Time Magazine. It’s a mixed blessing, as irritating as it is exciting. The conversation I had with the reporter (not Richard Corliss,