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Film, Theology9 June, 2014

Listening Beyond Consensus: A Receptive Disposition

By Timothy Allen

In this post I want to suggest a way in which film can utilize what C.S. Lewis called “the narrative qualities of the [in…

Film, Theology14 May, 2014

By Timothy Allen

In this post, I want to offer several thoughts on the way in which popular culture imagines the challenges of a post-life; first, with…

Church, Film, Pop Culture, Theology7 March, 2014

By Cole Matson

Warning: MAJOR spoilers ahead. In The LEGO Movie, average construction worker Emmet is told he is the Special, the prophesied saviour of the Lego…

Film11 February, 2014

By Jesse Nickel

Editor’s Note: In this 2-part series, Jesse Nickel considers violence in the films of the Coen Brothers. The first part will posted on Monday…

Film10 February, 2014

By Jesse Nickel

Editor’s Note: In this 2-part series, Jesse Nickel considers violence in the films of the Coen Brothers. The second part will post on Tuesday…

Film24 January, 2014

By Preston Yancey

Over the holidays, I entered my tenth year of seeing every film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture before the Oscar broadcast….

Film22 January, 2014

By Travis Buchanan

There is an important point that, if more widely recognized, might defuse some of the controversy incited by Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R….

Film, Theology6 December, 2013

By Amber Noel

I would like to propose a question. If we refer to a character in film or literature that in some way represents Christ as…

Beauty, Church, Culture, Documentary, Pop Culture2 December, 2013

By Jacki Price-Linnartz

A little girl wants lighter skin. She stares at the back of her hand and says, “I just don’t like the way brown looks,…