Film Review: Ordet (1955)
Perhaps the most intriguing elements of the film for me were the questions raised by the ghostly Johannes’ belief that he is Jesus Christ. The seminal moment in which he attempts to resurrect Inger...
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Exhibit showcases Indiana Jones’ quest for the sacred
The exhibit “Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology,” at the National Geographic Museum until Jan. 3, features 100 carefully crafted film props alongside real archaeological finds. There’s the golden Ark of the Covenant...
Unconditional – Atlanta Filmmaker Tackles LGBT Homelessness, Religion
Kent Igleheart is an Atlanta actor, but now he’s taking his turn behind the camera in his first short film called “Unconditional.” Igleheart said that one reason for the large number of homeless LGBT...
MIFF 2015 critics campus review: The Volcano
Maria (Maria Mercedes Coroy) is a peasant farmer whose parents have arranged a marriage with the wealthy farm owner’s son, but Maria’s eyes are drawn to Pepe (Marvin Coroy), a lout who gets her...
Bangistan
Description from IMDB: Bangistan is a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism and the story of two unlikely terrorists, the antitheses of each other, with a common destructive goal. Concerned by the unrest...
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2015)
Based on my understanding from reading about Kahlil Gibran, the author of the 1923 book The Prophet, the film’s depiction of Mustafa is consistent with Gibran’s drawing from his Catholic upbringing as well as...
‘The Path of Zarathustra’, a film on Parsis to release next month
“The Path of Zarathustra“, a movie that touches upon the Parsi community and their faith Zoroastrianism, will hit the Indian screens in September. “It is an extremely important film to be seen by all....
The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 1 Recap
The series chronicles five candidates as they arrive at Paris’s Capuchin Seminary. Despite being a tad overcrowded and a bit formulaic, the opening episode shows promise. The pilot episode has to introduce each of...
Animated Stories from the Bible – Moses: From Birth to Burning Bush
There are a lot of animated re-tellings of the story of Moses. More even, perhaps, that there are about Jesus. As a result, I’ve never really tried to track them all down,nevertheless, when I...
That Old Time Religion Ain’t Good Enough For Me: Scopes Monkey Trial and Inherit the Wind
[July 21 marked] the 90th anniversary of the final day of the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial, held in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. The events surrounding the trial not only made headlines throughout...