Netflix’s ‘Marianne’ and the Little Man of God
‘He was not a bad man but he was also not a nice man either. I am not sure that being nice was actually a part of his job’. – Emma Larsimon When one is looking to be inspired…
Category Christianity and Film
Crucifixion Comedy
When Monty Python’s Life of Brian arrived on Netflix in April 2018, a controversial piece of cinema history returned to public prominence. A film which treated religious themes with an indecorous irreverence that some Christians found unpalatable was introduced to the…
2018 Arts and Faith Ecumenical Jury – Part Two: Honourable Mentions
In Part One of this series, the Arts and Faith Ecumenical Jury revealed their Top 10 films of 2018. For Part Two, each film critic on the jury chose one film from 2018 that he or she wanted to recommend…
2018 Arts and Faith Ecumenical Jury – Part One: Top 10
We are honoured at Transpositions to host the 2018 Arts and Faith Ecumenical Jury Top 10 Films, based at www.artsandfaith.com. Since 2014, the Ecumenical Jury is an annual collaboration between film critics with a Christian perspective and tradition. Jury founder and…
Blade Runner and the Silent Seas
At this point, any conversation about Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner and its place in the canon is irrelevant. Alongside Alien, Mr. Scott managed to create universes that transcend the simplicity of the storytelling and have so deeply influenced…
The View From 14A: The Arts and the Importance of Time
‘Sometimes we can get lost living in the here and now Sometimes it takes the sky to see what’s on the ground’ –Ben Rector, ‘30,000 Feet’ [1] For those individuals born during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the possibility…
Review: Tarantino and Theology
Jonathan L. Walls and Jerry Walls, editors. Tarantino and Theology. Los Angeles, CA: Sideshow Media Group, 2015, 264. pps., $19.99 / £13.02. When dealing with a creator as distinctive in style, content, attitude, and execution as Quentin Tarantino, the reactions…
Cinderella: A Problematic Tale of ‘Kindness’
In the recent Cinderella (2015), directed by Kenneth Branagh (Thor, Hamlet), Disney reminds viewers of the age-old story, where a beautiful young maiden ascends from being an ignored servant to being a beloved princess. The film, though, was both entertaining…
Laughing at the Devil: The Not-So-Cool Vampire as Theological Boon
What’s the deal with all the vampires? One thing that makes them interesting is that, unlike the also-popular zombie, far from being the frequent subject of shock-horror fare, this monster comes with a certain amount of class. In Twilight and…