Vernon, Florida: The Stories We Tell
[…] the film has a secondary theme that I detected through its focus on the importance of religion for this small community. Indeed, we get to hear a sermon in the middle of the...
American Sniper, Blue Bible
First, American Sniper raises questions about the thinness of American Civil religion, a religion in which the film version of Kyle participates. In one of the opening scenes, a young Chris Kyle slips a...
Religion story: the darker themes behind Pixar’s Toy Story
A religion is a teaching tool to help you wake up, much like Buddhism, where the actually point is to let go of the religion once you’ve woken up to the understanding that you...
Round up of Going Clear, Scientology and Tom Cruise
Church of Scientology combats Alex Gibney documentary with online campaign Church accuses Gibney of using discredited sources in his film Going Clear, and launches new Twitter account to drum up viral support Read more...
Film aims to start conversation on race
‘Black or White’ film espouses faith-based values and behaviors. It is not an overtly “religious” film. Other than a brief funeral scene inside of a church early in the film, there is no mention...
Angelina Jolie screens ‘Unbroken’ in Vatican, meets pope
Angelina Jolie has met with rock stars, refugees and royalty. The actress, director and U.N. special envoy added pontiff to the list on Thursday, meeting with Pope Francis briefly after screening her film “Unbroken”...
Spike Lee’s Kickstarter Film, Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus, Gets New Trailer
Last summer, Spike Lee started a Kickstarter campaign in order to have his fans fund his next film. He went on to raise $1.4 million in the campaign and started filming. The Kickstarter campaign...
Religious leaders unite to plead to ABC board
Almost 30 religious leaders have united to plead with the ABC board to refrain from planned cuts to the national broadcaster’s coverage of religion, which they say is “crucial in the life of our...
Bollywood star attacked for ‘dressing indecently as a Muslim’
Bollywood star, Gauahar Khan, was attacked by a man, Akil Malik, who accused the TV presenter of dressing indecently. Khan was invited to host the grand finale of a singing competition at the Film...
Interview with Dietrich Brüggemann, director of Stations of the Cross
How would you describe the film? It’s hard to say. I guess you could describe it in many ways. On the one hand, it’s a story about religion and coming of age. It’s about...