What’s “The Most Cinematic Movie” Ever Made?
What movies pop into your head if I say the word "cinematic"? Tell us about your favorites, and why they are "cinematic," here.
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Did You Name Your Pet After a Movie Character?
Do you have a pet named after a movie character? If so, send me a snapshot, the name of the pet, the movie that the name comes from, and your name, and I'll include it in an upcoming post.
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The Counselor (2013)
This is not more of the trendy Tarantino revelry in nastiness and violence. This is a true horror film. Like David Fincher's "Se7en," one of this movie's closest spiritual cousins, "The Counselor" ultimately delivers a diagnosis that tells the awful truth. And the Counselor himself doesn't want to know it. He really, really doesn't want to know.
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My Interview with World Vision Photographer Jon Warren (Plus: Some of His Favorite Images)
I love interviewing artists. And I've enjoyed a wild array of unforgettable interviews. But few of those opportunities have been as exciting as this one...
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Gravity (2013)
Critics will go on and on comparing "Gravity" to groundbreaking works of art like "2001: A Space Odyssey," but... really?
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Who Won the Paula Huston Book Giveaway?
In which copies of "A Land Without Sin" are given away to two eager readers...
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Grace Unremarkable
Here's another example of how Christianity Today is refusing to join the "circle the wagons" mentality of so much Christian media, and instead engaging art with critical discernment and an insistence on excellence.
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Overstreet on Tour: Nashville’s Hutchmoot, Covenant College Creative Writing Class, Lee University Film Lecture
In October and November, I'll be speaking and teaching in Tennessee and Georgia. Will I see you there?
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What a Chipotle Commercial Has In Common With My Two Favorite Films of the Year (So Far)
Today, at Christianity Today, I have the privilege of sharing about the two movies that have moved, inspired, and impressed me most this year so far... along with a few comments about, of all things, a Chipotle commercial.
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Win a Free Copy of Paula Huston’s New Novel: A Land Without Sin
It's easy. If you have a Facebook account, you can enter to win a copy of Paula Huston's celebrated new novel. Here's Tiny Newsman with the details...
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The Sound of a Place: Guest Writer Brian Volck on Over the Rhine’s New Album
I posted my own review of Over the Rhine's new album earlier this week. I could have left it that but, well, the doctor is in! And I want you to hear his own diagnosis!
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Meet Me At the Edge Of the World: Over the Rhine Arrives at a Place Called Home
I've been writing this review for months. I could go on writing it for months to come. But no, the time has come to tell you about the new double album from Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler. It's clear that changes have come. Over the Rhine's world has been turned around.
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Wings of Desire’s Cassiel Takes Flight: Otto Sander Dies at 72
The German actor Otto Sander died today. But he will live on in the movies he made, like the legendary submarine thriller Das Boot, and my all-time favorite film, Wim Wenders' poetic and glorious Wings of Desire.
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The Late Gatsby: First Impressions
Luhrmann's films are the equivalent of opera ("popera"?), with the soaring kaleidoscopic imagery and light taking the place of soaring voices. The seventeen-layer cakeness of The Great Gatsby has a particular magic.
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With Gratitude for the Life and Work of Lee Hough
Lee Hough was my friend, my counselor, my confidant, my voice of reassurance, my coach.
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Losing My Religion: A Pre-Hutchmoot Interview
In which I ramble on about burnout, about disillusionment, about driving myself into dangerous territory, about a desperate attempt to change my life...
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Secondhand Lions (2003): A conversation with Duvall, Caine, Osment, and McCanlies
A film-review assignment can change your life. In fact, ten years ago this month, a film-review assignment changed my life. In August 2003, I took my first step into a larger world — the wild, wild world of film junkets.
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This is Martin Bonner (2013): (Previously: “Biggest Surprise of This Moviegoer’s Year So Far)
I've reworked my top 10 of 2013 so far, and "This is Martin Bonner" is currently sitting at #1. This isn't just a movie that treats faith with profound sensitivity. It's a film that is beautifully crafted. And it features my favorite performance of the year so far.
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The World’s End (2013): My Apocalyptic Chat with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright
Read my conversation with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost, the three masterminds of "Spaced," "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz," and the new sci-fi/comedy extravaganza, "The World’s End."
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Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet
(now the ears of my ears awake andnow the eyes of my eyes are opened)
– e. e. cummings, “i thank You God for most this amazing”