As It Is In Heaven (Overbay, 2014) – Filmwell review
From Filmwell As It Is In Heaven is a hushed film; a quiet film in the way of Gitai’s Kadosh or Reygadas’ Silent Light when these films are focused on the ritual lives of...
Scientology Super Bowl Ad Surprises Viewers In Major US Cities
From the International Business Times A commercial for the Church of Scientology aired in major U.S. cities on Sunday night during the big game. The 30-second ad, called “Age of Answers,” showed fast-moving crowds,...
Beyond the Mask (Burns, 2015) – 1morefilmblog review
From the 1morefilmblog while the film’s Christian content was both overt and unabashed, it was actually embedded into a story rather than tacked on to it. William Reynolds (Andrew Cheney) is an eighteenth-century corporate spy/assassin...
Sundance 2015: Goofy Religious Antics in Jared Hess’ ‘Don Verdean’
In Don Verdean, Sam Rockwell dons a beard and plays Don, a religious collector who made a name for himself years ago but is well past his prime now. Working with his assistant Carol,...
Ewan McGregor pulls off a convincing Jesus in ‘Last Days in the Desert’
Publishers discovered a long time ago that Jesus sells magazines, so it should be no surprise that one of the hottest tickets here at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival was the premiere of “Last...
Timbuktu review
It seems so inconceivable how evil is masked behind such a human face. These fundamentalist don’t resemble monsters, they are civil and at times even seem remorseful as they carry out heinous actions and...
Religion and Greek cinema
Given the popularity of religion in Greece, it is strange that very few religious films were produced over the last one hundred years and few discussions around them were ever attempted. We would suggest...
Dawn of Victory (1966)
Dawn of Victory (1966) is one of the four titles that form part of the Gospel Film Archive’s 2015 Easter Collection. It’s later than many of the films released by the GFA and whilst...
Sikh Captain America stars in “Red, White, and Beard” documentary
The Sikh Captain America Vishavjit Singh stars in a new documentary, Red, White, and Beard, to help educate the America about the Sikhs & cultural diversity. Sikh Captain America was birthed following the 9/11...
Movies explore religious extremes at Sundance
If one word could sum up many of the religion-themed films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, it could be “conversion.” In director Justin Kelly’s “I Am Michael,” journalist Michael Glatze morphs from a...