The Bible on the Big Screen - Jeffrey Overstreet

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The Bible on the Big Screen

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Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - Beyond the Comics

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Materials

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - Beyond the Comics

[Including a consideration of Au Hasard Balthazar] I'm No Superman When I was, oh, seven or eight years old, my parents bought me The Comic-Strip Bible for Christmas. My interest in the Bible jumped about 85%. I think I read the whole thing through twice before New Year&

On Movies & Media

More Movies About Jesus Based on Any Source Except the Best One

Oh joy. Film producers have delved deep into revisionist scholarship to piece together what they say was Jesus's life between the ages of 13 and 30, a period untouched by the recognised gospels. The result is the Aquarian Gospel, a $20m movie, which portrays Jesus as a holy

Looking Elsewhere

Looking Elsewhere: October 31, 2005

Narnia: A new story, a Newsweek review, and Douglas Gresham speaks. Also: Wilco. Criterion. Jesus movie.

On Movies & Media

Thanks to The Passion: More Jesus Flicks are Coming

The Life of Brian re-opens around the country this month. And now, news of a new big screen Jesus. More specifically, a pot-smoking Jesus, played by Marilyn Manson. That's right. The king of immature, make-up heavy schlock rock is in talks to play Emmanuel. I'm thinking