Joel and Ethan Coen cannot seem to do any wrong nowadays. In 2008 they won the Academy Award for Best Picture with their astounding…
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
A Picture in Need of Words Remember the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words?” It’s not true. Take Terrence Malick’s latest…
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
Raw beauty, seeking grace Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is not, as a piece of cinematic art, very subtle. Nor does he allow…
The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
At the end of their 1979 ode-to-nihilism album entitle The Wall, Pink Floyd --after dismissing most of the things we turn to for comfort—school,…
Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
Winter’s Bone, the darling of last year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the coveted Grand Jury Prize as well as a special Jury…
The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.” [William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night,…
127 Hours (Danny Boyle, 2010)
Love is a Cry for Help A couple of years ago, when Slumdog Millionaire came out, I went to see it five times in…
Of Pilgrims and Fire: When God Shows Up at the Movies (Roy Anker, 2010)
Books / Discernment / Movies
Moving Pictures, Godly Reflections I have never met Roy Anker but from his books I think I have at least a good hint as…
What the Bleep Do I Know?
Community / Movies / Ordinary Life / Safe Place / Spirituality
Sunday Afternoon “Are you from the Unitarian Church?” A small, dark-haired woman drinking a soy latte and holding a copy of Enlightenment magazine smiled…
Away From Her (Sarah Polley, 2006)
Losing Memory, Losing Oneself Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave. [Winnie the Pooh] Fiona Anderson…