Looking Elsewhere The Incredibles (and Other 10-Year-Old Films); Jesus Films; Matt Zoller Seitz; Scott Cairns This week, special thanks go out to Brad Bird, Matt Zoller Seitz, and more. Find out why.
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: November 11, 2013 This week, Looking Closer sends a Hi 5 to the Face out to Fast Company, NPR, Todd Fadel, Ridley Scott, Christianity Today, Sam Phillips, Matt Zoller Seitz, James Rocchi, Mike D'Angelo, John Sayles, and more!
Looking Elsewhere Hi 5: Autumn Arrives, Eric Crissman Moves On BREAKING NEWS: Summer is over and Autumn has arrived in Seattle! After an intolerable stretch of sunny days — perhaps the most relentless flood of sunshine the Emerald City has seen in decades — the clouds and rain have finally begun to move in and liberate Seattle from the conditions that confuse
Looking Elsewhere Hi 5: Why Criticism Matters; Alissa Wilkinson; William James Bookseller; Facebook Followers Here's today's Hi 5 to the Face report. Hi 5s are going out to... Adam Kirsch, senior editor of The New Republic: For contributing to The New York Times feature Why Criticism Matters." In an editorial titled "The Will Not to Power, but to
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: September 5, 2013 A Hi 5 to the Face to... Legendary rock-and-roll recording artist Sam Phillips: For sending this fantastic, one-of-a-kind, handmade LP cover of her wildly inventive, high-spirited new album Push Any Button. You can order your own copy here, including these very limited edition covers made by Sam's own
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: February 1, 2013 These links caught my attention today, for one reason or another. Check back later. I may add more look-worthy links as the day goes on.
Looking Elsewhere Look! - Sicinski reviews Barbara; and Zero Dark Thirty; Greydanus on It's a Wonderful Life; American Horror Story; Universal Soldier; Twin Peaks Teaser Who's "Barbara"? What's wrong with "Zero Dark Thirty"? Why are critics ganging up on "It's a Wonderful Life"? What is the connection between "American Horror Story" and The Glen Workshop?
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: November 21, 2012 Look! These links caught my attention today, for one reason or another. Check back later. I may add more look-worthy links as the day goes on.
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: September 10, 2012 Spielberg teases Lincoln; Clint Eastwood: Conservative?; Joss Whedon's Shakespeare; Steven Greydanus Sings to Babies!
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: Chrysostom Society, SXSW trailers, "the Jesus-eating cult", Oscar commentary, Tugg, SXSW trailers, The Secret World of Arrietty, Emma Watson, and more. Yesterday, I had the privilege of meeting the man who designed my blog. Dave Von Bieker and his wife Christie visited me at Seattle Pacific University. I gave them a tour of our beautiful campus, introducing them to the good people at Image, and paid a visit to Laura Lasworth
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: Longhand Writing; Time-Based Pixel Painting; Beer; Richard Linklater; Leonard Cohen; Joe Henry; Kate Bush; G.K. Chesterton; and St. Vincent Writing on a computer is like sprinting through a park; you can cover a lot of ground very quickly. But will you have much to say about the ground you covered, or the sights and sounds you passed along the way? I want to write about subjects that deserve close
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: Anonymous; Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson; The Fantastic Mr. Star Fox; Woody Allen and Ethan Coen; Tom Waits; U2; Sara Zarr Are you excited about Anonymous, the movie that's going to shock the world by revealing the shocking truth? No, me either. Check this out, from a New York Times take-down of the film: ... By bringing this unsubstantiated version of history to the screen, a lot of facts — theatrical
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: Downton Abbey; 9/11 film critics; Coen Brothers; Wuthering Heights; Will Beetlejuice return?; Free live music; U2... and more. I don't watch much television, but I'm making Downton Abbey, Season Two a priority as soon as it's available. Go back and watch Season One if you missed it. Especially if you're a fan of Robert Altman's Gosford Park. And
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: Wendell Berry; Submarine and Buck; U2 documentary; Feist; Ollabelle; Favorite Film of 2010 now on Blu-Ray; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Cinderella; and more. Here are several fingertips, poking at you until you poke at the links I've discovered... Thanks to Mike Morrell for tweeting this: Wendell Berryhttp://t.co/1DWUpfS • I'm enjoying the new film reviews by Lauren Wilford, who published a review of Submarine at Image, and a
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: This Week's Moviegoing; Tom McCarthy and "Win Win"; Narnia; L'Engle; Lent; Rob Bell What movies did I see this week? I laughed a lot at the new film by Tom McCarthy - Win Win. Be sure you put it on your must-see list. I'm working on a review. I savored two films on Netflix Streaming this week, both set in places
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips - February 2011 #1: "Submarine"; "Micmacs"; Aronofsky; and Saying Farewell to Brian Jacques Here is the first February batch of Fingertips: I'm adding this to my must-see list. Echoes of Harold and Maude, Rushmore, Flirting... all good things. • Anne and I watched Micmacs this weekend. I love Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films, especially Delicatessen and Amelie. Micmacs is a lot of
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: December 2010 #2 - Memorable 2010 Film Lists; Scott Cairns; Joel Hartse; Over the Rhine; Thomas Kinkade; Jaws: The Christian Version Here are a few of the most intriguing links I visited over the past week: * The Top Ten Movies of the Year: Everybody seems to have their list already. Me? I still have to catch up with several of the films that have inspired the most discussion this year. In
Looking Elsewhere Fingertips: December 2010 #1 - Spider-man on Broadway; God With Us; Real Heroes; Over the Rhine Backstage; I'm going to try and recharge my blogging routine by bringing back "The Browser" with a different name - "Fingertips." TMBG outdid themselves on their album Apollo 18 by including a blast of fleeting songs called "Fingertips"... five-to-ten-second hooks that you can&
Looking Elsewhere Return of The Browser: Of Conan, Shakespeare, Sweetland, and excorcism. It's been a while. But I think it's time to bring back this regular feature: THE BROWSER. • Humankind... there is hope. And hope looks like this... If that doesn't inspire you... what will? • Okay, enough high art. Let's get crazy. Wow. I
