On Movies & Media Criterion's Wings of Desire: My Favorite Movie Gets Its Ideal Treatment The best way to see Wings of Desire is on a very big screen. But it's also important to see a print that delivers its extravagant imagery without distortion or damage. Thanks to The Criterion Collection, a pristine version is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. My revised
Interviews Through the Eyes of Angels, Cowboys, and Christians: A tribute to Wim Wenders, and an appreciation of his films. This interview was originally published at Looking Closer in 2006. An abridged version of this feature and interview was previously published at Christianity Today Movies. - A movie star is sitting on an old couch in the middle of the street in Butte, Montana. His name is Howard Spence, and
On Books & Writing Image Artist of the Month: Wim Wenders This month, Image Journal's Artist of the Month isfilmmaker Wim Wenders. As one who was formerly selected, I can promise Mr. Wenders that his fame will now skyrocket, and he'll never have to worry about paying bills again! All kidding aside... Wenders is one of my
Film Reviews Wings of Desire (1987) When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? ... Isn't what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage
Donata Wenders Donata Wenders: How I came to Christ. I read this today, and it made a good day much, much better. God bless Donata Wenders.
On Movies & Media Wim Wenders' Better Half? Donata Wenders has a new book. Who? Donata Wenders is the wife of director Wim Wenders (whose work I celebrate in Through a Screen Darkly). And she Wenders has a new book of photography, arriving under the banner of a rave from that great photography critic we all know and
On Movies & Media Death of an Angel I've just learned that Solveig Dommartin, the otherworldly beauty who brought an angel down to earth, and who found wings of her own, in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (my favorite film), died of a heart attack on January 11. She was 45 years old. I will
On Movies & Media My conversation with Wim Wenders about his career, "Don't Come Knocking," "Wings of Desire," and faith. (This is not an April Fool's joke. It's a greatly expanded version of the article published earlier this week at Christianity Today Movies.) Last week, I had the tremendous privilege of interviewing Wim Wenders, the director of my favorite film: Wings of Desire. We talked about
On Movies & Media "Don't Come Knocking" - full of "Christian content"? By the way, one of the films I recently really enjoyed -- Don't Come Knocking -- contains the following content, listed for your convenience by the "Christian reviewer" * at Movieguide: Content: * Very strong humanist, anti-biblical worldview with immoral characters who are driven by their broken souls
On Movies & Media One thing Wim Wenders said... My interview with Wim Wenders will be up at Christianity Today Movies in a few days, but I will tell you this now: He praises Terrence Malick's The New World as perhaps the most powerful big screen experience he's enjoyed since 2001: A Space Odyssey. What&
Looking Elsewhere Specials: DaVinci suit. V's prophetic. Wenders tips. Let me just say that I have never been afraid of clowns. Until the Olympic closing ceremonies. Was that creepy, or what? LAWSUIT GUARANTEES LITTLE DAVINCI FILM WILL GET SOME ATTENTIONIt's not enough that Dan Brown is full of crap. Apparently, he stole that crap!V FOR VENDETTA.
On Movies & Media Writer/Director Scott Derrickson's pick for "Most Disappointing Movie of 2005" Look who showed up in the comments on the Disappointing Movies thread! Jeffrey, I've been reading your blog pretty regularly -- it's great. Because of you I've been listening to "Ohio" by Over the Rhine for the last six weeks. Wim Wenders
On Movies & Media Wenders on "the loud and the lurid" Thanks so much to GreenCine Daily for posting this link to Naked Punch: Wim Wenders: Wings of Desire And here's my favorite part... There are films MADE to exist as box office results first, or as reviews first, or as expression of the author first. My films are
