On Books & Writing All-Stars: Steven D. Greydanus and 20+ years of extraordinary writing on film Star-gazing again, I'm pointing to one of the brightest in the cosmos of criticism: Steven D. Greydanus. I'd be hard-pressed to think of a critic who has had a more consistently inspiring influence on me over the last 20 years of my engagement with film and with film essays.
The Weekender Weekender: New Twitter. Doctor Strange's Multiverse. Faith in musicals. SDG on The Northman. Looking Closer has a new Twitter account! Also: Here are my first impressions of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a link to the latest Arts & Faith movie list, and one of the reviews of The Northman I've been most looking forward to.
The Weekender The Weekender - Third Weekend of December 2021 Merry Christmas early! The Weekender will be a Surprise Box, an unpredictable newsletter, a bulletin board of things I'd like to share that I would have expanded into full, individual posts if life had afforded me the time.
On Books & Writing The best book-to-movie achievements... and the worst In which I talk about the art of book-to-movie productions, a lot of great movies, and a few terrible movies, with David Kern and Steven Greydanus. Listen to our lively, in-depth exploration of the art of adaptation!
On Movies & Media 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
On Movies & Media Birthday Party on Bald Mountain 75 years ago today, Disney's Fantasia — directed by Norman Ferguson — opened. It was the first of its kind in many ways, most notably in that it was the first film presented in stereophonic sound (a speaker was positioned, with others on either side of it). And it remains
Film Reviews The Secret of Kells (2009) 2015 Update: This week, my coworkers threw a party for those of us — including me — who have autumn birthdays. They asked me to recommend a movie that would fit our 90-minute party time span. I recommended The Secret of Kells. So we had an Irish-themed party, with bowls of excellent
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: October 11, 2015 Beatles medicine. End times zombies. Coens go Biblical. Do's and don'ts of filmmaking. Jedi versus Airbender.
Film Forum Tomorrowland (2015): Tomorrow-bland? I hoped that Brad Bird would experience a much more positive response to his own passion project — the long-anticipated Tomorrowland — than Andrew Stanton did for his passion project, "John Carter."
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: January 24, 2015 I'll conclude with a few words about the American Sniper hubbub. But first, here are some of the things that caught my attention on the Wild Wild Web in the last couple of weeks...
On Movies & Media The Song "Shares the Weaknesses of Most Faith-Based Films" I've received two emails this week asking for my opinion of The Song. This is what I can offer... The Song told me what it was in the advertisement that appeared for it in the sidebar of my blog. (By the way: Almost everything that is advertised in
On Movies & Media A Novelist, A Horror Filmmaker, and Two Critics: Conversations Worth Hearing Scott Derrickson, Alissa Wilkinson, Sara Zarr, Steven Greydanus... listen to all of these inspiring Christians talking to each other about art and criticism!
