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My article on Martin Provost’s film Séraphine—which happens to be one of my favorite films so far this year— is up at Image.

So, since I’m clearly fumbling my way around with iMovie ’08, help me out.

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Hi ho, Jeffrey the overworked editor here.

Blogging’s been slow, as you have probably noticed. I’ve been reviewing the proofreading edits for Raven’s Ladder, and that effort has swallowed every evening and weekend from September 8th to the present. (I do all of this, oh best beloved, in the hours after my work at the day-job. Call it “burning the candle at both ends *and* the middle.) Today I discovered that there are still major issues that need attention, so the next 48 hours are going to be a very rough ride indeed.

But I did take a two-hour break around midnight on Saturday, after 13 straight hours of proofreading review, to go to a movie.

And wow… I made a good choice.

Get out to see Séraphine on a big screen if you can. Here’s a calendar of its screenings around the U.S. (Looks like it’s already come and gone from many major U.S. cities. Bummer.)

Séraphine is the richest, most affecting two hours I’ve spent in a theater all year. Yeah, I think it’ll stand alongside The Class, Munyurangabo, Up, and Summer Hours when I make up my year-end list of favorites. I came away with that rare sense of having been blessed… blessed the way Babette’s Feast blesses me, the way Wings of Desire blesses me, the way The New World blesses me. It’s the kind of film that celebrates the act of… yes… looking closer.

Okay, in other news:

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I’m doing a little research for a project. And here’s the question driving it: Who do you consider to be a great leader?

Just to get it out of the way, I’ll say it: Jesus.

Okay, now. Moving on. Who else?

And give me a line or two about why.