Running low on superheroes and serial killers, Tinseltown has discovered what Cecil B. DeMille knew long ago -- there's no book like the Bible and no stories like those within its pages.
Argo reminds us that whenever we are faced with what we perceive to be an insurmountable problem, we should not give up and reconcile ourselves to abandoning our mission or goals.
As an interfaith educator, how could I not see a film, whose protagonist, a boy named Pi, is born a Hindu, loves Jesus and practices Islam? The theme of interspirituality intrigued me.
The religious and irreligious alike will likely continue to be outraged by some of God's portrayals from whatever media they emerge. But with built-in audiences from here to forever, Hollywood won't be killing off God any time soon.
I had opportunity to sit down with 40-year-old Miller, whose Blue Like Jazz memoir has sold more than 1.5 million copies since its publication in 2003, to talk about the book, his faith journey and the new film of the same name.
God speaks through and BEYOND the Bible, and this is one reason why the arts in their many forms are so important to our spiritual formation.
Cinema is not only a money machine; it's an art form. I want really deep human meaning as well as entertainment. Oscar has a huge problem right now: whether it can find its soul again.
It's been a busy week for God. Besides helping the Giants win the Super Bowl this past Sunday, he's also played a role in the Republican primaries, he...
Eventually, the shadow of death will make itself known to us all and the chances for surviving life are not 50/50 but 0/0. In the meantime, may we value those who walk in the valley with us.
When making a film that is, essentially, the chronicling of God's relationship with humankind, even the most eloquent narrative would seem anemic.
The Tree of Life is maddening, exhilarating, gorgeous, ponderous, insightful, pretentious, epic, shallow, beautiful and strange. It will divide audiences like few films have in recent years.
By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Dallas megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes has produced his third movie, Jumping the Broom, a romantic...
By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) British film director Roland Joffe calls himself a "wobbly agnostic." But in his Oscar-winning 1986 film ...
Art is maddeningly dynamic. It does not, and will not, mean the same thing to one person as it does to another. There's no finer example of this than the recent HBO film The Sunset Limited.
Over the past three decades, and in the most alarming and miraculous ways imaginable, I have learned that our Lord is exactly who the Bible claims He is.
Of Gods and Men is the greatest film I've ever seen on faith. It surpasses even some of my longtime favorite movies on the spiritual life.
By Jeff Cranson Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.(RNS) Mixing science and religion seems a good recipe for on-screen fireworks. Add politics ...
By Piet Levy Religion News Service (RNS) Celebrity sightings and up-and-coming indie flicks are a given at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park ...
By Stephen Whitty Religion News Service (RNS) The New Testament warns about trying to serve two masters. But lately Hollywood's ordered up a rewrite....
