Silence - Jeffrey Overstreet

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Silence

A collection of 9 posts

Silence... like you've never heard it before.

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Silence... like you've never heard it before.

Trample! TRAMPLE!

Reflections on Scorsese's Silence

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Reflections on Scorsese's Silence

I've been teaching a 17-week online film course for high school students. My students read Through a Screen Darkly, keep reading journals where they respond to what they read, participate in a private Facebook group discussion about film interpretation, watch a wide variety of movies, and write reviews

Overstreet's Favorite Films of 2016

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Overstreet's Favorite Films of 2016

"Whaaaat? You didn't love La La Land?" I liked La La Land. It reminded me of musicals that I love. I just liked other musicals better this year. (And I think I enjoyed Emma Stone's lip-synch contest with Jimmy Fallon just as much or

My favorite film critic's top 10 of 2016

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My favorite film critic's top 10 of 2016

Steven Greydanus of Decent Films and The National Catholic Register has published his Top 10 films of 2016. It's definitely worth your attention. But of course it is — he's my favorite film critic. And now I'm frustrated that I haven't finished and

Silence According to Scorsese: a Looking Closer interview

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

Scorsese's sympathy for the devils

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Scorsese's sympathy for the devils

Some Christians recoil at the name “Martin Scorsese” just the way that the two priests in his new movie Silence are repulsed by their untrustworthy guide Kichijiro. (I know this first hand, I get angry mail from evangelicals whenever I review Scorsese’s work.) In many Christian minds, this former

The difference between Gandalf and Saruman

I grew up in a Baptist church. There were a lot of good-hearted people there. I'm still in touch with some of them. But at 14, I began to smell, in that community, a certain stench. It wasn't the hairspray of the church ladies who sat

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The trailer we've been waiting for

For more than ten years, I've been writing about my anticipation for this, Martin Scorsese's adaptation of one of my favorite novels.

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How to Prepare for Scorsese's Silence...

A Man for All Seasons gives us Paul Scofield’s finest hour. As he sinks his teeth into Bolt’s delicious dialogue, I defy anyone to remain unmoved. I recommend we prepare for Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shusaku Endo's Silence by revisiting this classic. Directed by Fred