We’ve been living for over a decade now – though it feels like much longer – in a world whose most powerful (or most convinced of their own power) leaders, consciously or otherwise, worked to reverse one of the wisest lessons of history: that we have nothing to fear except our own capacity to be paralyzed by fear itself…
What were the best films of 2013?
The first part of our episode chronicling our top 10 films of 2013.
Jesus, Spirit of God (and the miniseries) is a different contribution to the Jesus films and opens up avenues for interfaith theological dialogue…
Lauralee Farrer, Bobette Buster, and Eugene Lowry discuss Short Term 12 at the 2013 Brehm Lectures.
Cinematic virtues aside, does The Wolf of Wall Street have a moral center, or is it, as its detractors claim, an irresponsible glamorization of criminal behavior?
I want to risk the opprobrium of my friends in the community of 9 AM darkened room frequenters by suggesting that the term ‘critic’ may be worthy of retirement…
These distinctions between folk music and commercially successful music reveal a great irony – one that Llewyn very much embodies. Because he is a “genuine” folk musician, Llewyn is almost required to look upon everyone who actually succeeds in gaining a popular following as a superficial, talent-less commodity…
Reel Spirituality Co-Directors Eugene Suen and Elijah Davidson discuss common motifs in 2013 cinema.
Director of a social service center for blacks, Willy described the terrible pass system, the brutal arrests, beatings and killings, and expressed the fear that his own teenaged children no longer believed in nonviolence as the means for change…
Reel Spirituality Co-Director Elijah Davidson and guest host Avril Speaks consider the films of Nicole Holofcener.
Reel Spirituality Co-Director Elijah Davidson and guest host Matt Aughtry discuss The Last Temptation of Christ.
Reel Spirituality Co-Director Elijah Davidson and guest host A.C. Neel discuss the Midwest and Alexander Payne’s Nebraska.
I didn’t “meet God” when I watched Pacific Rim or Nebraska, but because I went into the theater open to whatever those movies might want to discuss, I left with lots to think about…
Reel Spirituality Co-Director Elijah Davidson and guest host Jessi Knippel put mainstream cinema versus its independent counterpart.
Eugene Suen and Elijah Davidson set aside some time to talk about a few of the most high profile films of the fall.
What he does achieve is still remarkable – a movie about a real-life event whose outcome is already known, but which grips from moment one, a story that involves violence and the killing of “bad guys” but which refuses to make that violence cathartic…
It is possible to trace an outline of Christian spirituality as well as Christology as gauged by the Jesus’ films and audience response, especially in Europe, the Americas and western-influenced cultures…
From early rumors of it’s likely Oscar victories to it’s brutal depiction of slavery, 12 Years A Slave has been a much-talked about film for quite some time. It was the latter point that caused me to enter the theater questioning all the hype…
The more time we spend with Jon the more we realize how pornography has progressed from habit to obsession….
The post-screening discussion from our pre-screening of 12 Years A Slave.
