“God is a great narrative architect, and I tend to believe that the only way human beings actually learn and change is through story.” – Kevin Marks
“Faith gives us permission to be comfortable with complexity. It gives us confidence to seek a greater understanding of God and to approach each ‘big question’ with humility.” – Ryan Pettey
An interview with producer Eugene Suen.
An interview with alumni screenwriter Neville Kiser.
“Faith in a better way, a better life, in overwhelming goodness, it changes the tone of the projects that I’m working on. It helps me accept my own limitations and flaws, which are legion, and be humbled by them.” – Matthew Schuler
“Everything that I write comes from my theological training – even if it’s something like Home Alone 5.” – David Moore
“I hope that the films I create will unite people by sharing stories from around the world that demonstrate our similarities and celebrate our differences while exposing injustices when necessary. These are all values that I believe Jesus embodied and taught.” – Rob Bethke
There are some films that just don’t click for me for various reasons. Try as I might, our relationship just doesn’t work. I saw two such films on day four of Sundance – Wish You Were Here and Predisposed…
Movies are a way we deal with all kinds of issues that impact our world. If Christians fail to take seriously the films they and the rest of society are seeing, we miss out on conversations that have the potential to have profound effects on individuals’ lives…
“Drink coffee. Watch films. Repeat.” And be broken by the brokenness in the world.
Largely, Sundance films are marginalized films about marginalized people. The three films many of us saw yesterday are what some might call “stereotypical” Sundance films, because they focused on seldom-told stories, and they picture their characters as anything but stereotypes…
Fuller at Sundance 2012!
The Tree of Life is about everything in light of one thing. The story revolves around the memories of a Dallas architect (Sean Penn) reminiscing about his boyhood in Waco, Texas, and the death of his younger brother. His personal history is couched within the history of all of Time…
Is this a true story? Let me ask you a question – What is a “true story?” For a tale to be “true,” must it be factual? Must is be based in historical happenings? And even if Don Wimmer’s story is based on fact, is it then necessarily true?
Freedom and the continued struggle for it was front and center Friday night as the Fuller community joined to celebrate the men and women who participated in the Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement with a screening of Freedom Riders, a new documentary about the historic protest rides.
Interact with The Adjustment Bureau
The film contends that “Bunchy” provided the galvanizing force the more militant civil rights activitsts needed in the late 60s before he was mysteriously gunned down by opponents…
Reel Spirituality Hosts A Night of Interreligious Dialogue Around A Screening of The Adjustment Bureau
Marcus soon figures out Will’s selfish philosophy and lifestyle, and decides to change it. Besides he and his mother can use some help. As he says to Will, “Two people aren’t enough; you need a back-up.”
Our experiences in a movie theater can range from pure entertainment to art to a divine moment. The Year of Living Dangerously became a moment of “conversion” in my life.
This, however, does not mean one’s suffering will be eased in the meantime. What makes A Serious Man compelling is its ability to evoke a sense of helplessness that all of us have surely experienced at some point in life…