Salvation by No “Other”: The Disappointment of Interstellar
The Nolan Brothers’ movie, Interstellar, is the best science fiction flick I have seen in a long time. It holds together what great science…
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On Interstellar and Fr. William Lynch, S.J.
In Christopher Nolan’s newest eye- and mind-bending space odyssey, Interstellar, there is plenty of action but also much to aid in silent contemplation. Nolan’s…
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Feeding the Birds
Mary Poppins, the film based on the novel by Australian writer P. L. Travers, was one of Walt Disney’s greatest successes when it first…
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Review: Reforming Hollywood
William D. Romanowski. Reforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xv + 298 pp., £18.99/$29.95 cloth….
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Of Gods and Men: Film as Liturgical Remembrance
The film Des Hommes et des Dieux (Of Gods and Men) was released in 2010, directed by Xavier Beauvois. Besides becoming a French blockbuster, it spread…
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The Avengers’ Accidental Icon
Last May, two of my best friends and I went to see The Avengers at the cinema near our university. I should disclose from…
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Visionary Film: The Apocalyptic Eye of Stan Brakhage
Film is not all about storytelling. Sometimes it is about light. Stan Brakhage (1933-2003), the prolific American avant-garde filmmaker, scratched, painted, hand-processed, and generally…
Read MoreIntroducing the Christianity & Film Symposium
Next week, Transpositions will be hosting a symposium on Christianity and film. Topics will range from the cinematic poetry of Stan Brakhage (Brett Potter), to…
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