Spanish film brings story of ‘Three Rebel Monks’ to life
A group of young adults in Spain are bringing to the big screen a novel about the renewal of the Cistercian Order by three saints who strove to recover the poverty, simplicity and austerity...
The Portrait Of The Religious Movie By An Atheist Director
Ever since its earliest days, cinema has, to quote the esteemed French critic André Bazin, “always been interested in God”. Whether it be biblical tales of all scales and budgets, stories about saints and...
‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Will Rely Less On The Divine Power Of The Force, But That’s Not Necessarily A Bad Thing
It first dawned on me that there was more to the Star Wars film franchise than I had previously appreciated when it was announced that we’d be watching it in Hebrew school. Thinking about the film...
Status at 200 posts
I just posted the 200th entry in this blog. Good time to take stock. As of now The site’s Facebook page has 35 likes On Twitter we have 24 followers We had 8,682 sessions...
Film of REVOLUTION AND RELIGION Hits the UCLA Campus
On April 7 and April 9, the film of the Dialogue between Cornel West and Bob Avakian, REVOLUTION AND RELIGION: The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion, was shown in two parts...
Documentarians Take On Religious Activism at Tribeca Film Festival
Religious faith goes to extremes at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, as documentaries introduce spiritual leaders whose activism has made them lightning rods of controversy. The subjects range from the Pakistani cleric Abdul Aziz...
Raging Devil: DAREDEVIL and the Failure of Imagination
In several places, Daredevil fans of the religious persuasion, have claimed that an understanding of Matt Murdock’s Catholic faith is integral to a deeper appreciation of the story. It’s true that Matt had a...
The Religion Of Dudeism
Dudes are recognised in a new religion which is going head to head with the Jedi church as the second Hollywood-inspired faith. Despite sounding like a joke, The Church of the Latter-Day Dude, is...
Playing Hasidic Woman in ‘Felix and Meira’ — Again
While “Fill the Void” is something of a valentine to Hasidism, “Felix and Meira” explores Meira’s dissatisfaction with her insular community and her narrow role as mother and wife. Audiences –– undoubtedly a majority...
Movie review: Mr X
Mr X has its share of divine interventions and dramatic conflicts between science and religion. The film draws an analogy between Krishna and Arjun and God and Mr X. In the Mahabharata, the hero...