 |
 |
|
|
 |
21 - 25 of 146 total
|
 |
|
Youth In Revolt (Miguel Arteta, 2010)
BY: Wesley Hill
Based on the irreverent coming-of-age novel by C. D. Payne and directed by Miguel Arteta, Youth in Revolt, doesn’t begin there—with the revolt. Instead it starts benignly, in the bedroom retreat of a teen who knows he’s a misfit.
Read All » |
 |
|
Avatar: A Review (James Cameron, 2009)
BY: R. Greg Grooms
Avatar’s unabashed nature-worship has already been round the block a few times in Hollywood in films from Star Wars to The Lion King. While pantheism’s box-office appeal has been proven, philosophically it’s still lite beer.
Read All » |
|
|
Avatar: A Reflection (James Cameron, 2009)
BY: Steven Garber
Why has evangelical theology allowed itself to be identified with a political vision that is so horribly “un-green,” so unresponsive and irresponsible about our place in the world?
Read All » |
 |
|
A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009)
BY: R. Greg Grooms
A Serious Man is loosely based on the book of Job, but instead of three friends, Larry seeks advice from three rabbis: Rabbi Scott offers him a monologue about seeing God in a parking lot; Rabbi Nachtner, a story about a dentist who finds the words “Help me” engraved in Hebrew on the back of a patient’s lower incisors. Rabbi Marshak quotes Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick: “When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.”
Read All » |
 |
|
There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2008)
BY: Denis Haack
There Will be Blood is a brutally honest, brutally violent film. Greedy souls are dissected in plain view on the screen, hard souls for whom truth is a weapon, wealth is a god, and power is embraced in an unrelenting push to win, regardless of the cost.
Read All » |
|
|
|
|
The Village (M. Knight Shyamalan, 2004)
I (Heart) Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004)
The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
Saved! (Brian Dannelly, 2004): Five Movies That Weren't Nominated for the Oscar in 2
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
The Matrix: Reloaded (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 2003)
Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004)
Big Fish (Tim Burton, 2003)
Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
Inherit the Wind (Stanley Kramer, 1960)
Big Kahuna (John Swanbeck, 1999)
Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1989)
Three Colors Trilogy: Blue (1993), White (1994), Red (1994) (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
|
|
|
|
|
This year spring came late to southern Minnesota, and when it arrived it brought chilly temperatures, cloudy skies, and lots of rain. Whether it is because of these factors or something entirely different I don't know, but 2013 has turned out to be The Year of the Morel. If you have never sampled these delicious mushrooms, you are in for a treat. We've found them on more than one walk in the woods, and so feel we have had a special opportunity to experience one of the wonders of creation.
Morels, goldfinches, a well crafted film, an iris bursting into bloom, a chance for an unhurried conversation in a safe place--such glimmers of hope help us flourish as persons in this broken world. These are the sort of things we are concerned with at Ransom. Thanks for visiting.
Denis & Margie Haack
Anita Gorder
|
|
|
|
