Feasting on Film With Julie and Julia opening this week, it's a good time to savor a few great movies that are centered around food and its delights.
Jeffrey Overstreet | August 4, 2009
A Happier Audience Director Leo McCarey (An Affair to Remember, The Bells of St. Mary's ) wanted his viewers to leave the theaters with a smile on their faces.
Eric David | July 21, 2009
Is Harry the Chosen One? As Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens, we are once again reminded of the characteristics that make him something of a Christ figure.
Connie Neal | July 14, 2009
A Mann's World Public Enemies director Michael Mann often blurs the line between the good guys and the bad in the moral crossfire between cops and robbers.
Jeffrey Overstreet | June 30, 2009
Job Search Two foreign films poignantly illustrate that our quests for the perfect job—more money, more stuff—might miss the point of what really matters in life.
Jeffrey Overstreet | June 3, 2009
Music in Recession Can the Christian music industry survive the economic storm?
Mark Geil | June 2, 2009
Saints, Sinners, and Salvation The Terminator franchise—including the new Terminator Salvation —is full of religious imagery, much of it ultimately embracing hope for mankind.
By Peter T. Chattaway | May 20, 2009
To Swear or Not to Swear? Our recent commentary about Derek Webb's battle with his record company over the use of a bad word sparked quite a reaction from readers.
May 20, 2009
'I Try to Be a Christian' Orson Welles had a Catholic upbringing and was involved in several projects based on the Bible, but he mostly identified with Shakespeare's Falstaff—a Christ figure 'decorated with vices.'
Eric David | May 19, 2009
Is the Fight to Swear a Noble Battle? With Derek Webb's announcement of a battle over his newest album, some may applaud his apparent stand for the right to swear. But is it really worth the fight?
Todd Hertz | May 13, 2009
Secular or Sacred? Or neither? We should stop trying to define a dividing line, because when it comes to music, it's all spiritual.
John J. Thompson | May 5, 2009
Ego, Super-Ego, & Id Why we've always found the Trek triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy so, ahem, fascinating .
By Gary D. Robinson | May 5, 2009
Dam Yangtze! Two films chronicle China's endeavor to flood entire cultures via the "progress" of building the world's largest dam.
By Jeffrey Overstreet | April 28, 2009
Films with Class Two thrilling movies about classrooms, students and teachers, guaranteed to stir your soul.
By Jeffrey Overstreet | March 16, 2009
Not Safe, But Good Is it OK to let children watch scary movies if there's a valuable lesson to be learned? We asked. You answered.
February 20, 2009
Bibliophiles We Did we mention that we love books?
Mark Galli | February 18, 2009
Dark Knights and Bright Lights Finding truth, beauty, and goodness even in the darkest of films—starting with The Dark Knight , one of the best films of 2008.
Thomas Hibbs | February 17, 2009