We just can’t let go of the holiday spirit here at Pop Theology.  Wendy Arce provides a belated review of two of the bigger holiday films and offers some interesting thoughts on the use of stereotypes in each.

Yesterday morning, I heard a homily in which the priest talked about partaking of the Eucharist and how he (we) often do so daintily as he mimicked a timid partaking of the cup.  He countered this image by reflecting on the large stained glass window in the sanctuary which depicts Jesus’ baptism.  As John baptizes [...]

In her book, Jesus of Hollywood, Adele Reinhartz claimed that Jesus films often tell us more about the socio-cultural locations of their filmmakers than they do about the character whose story they purport to tell.  W. Barnes Tatum, in his equally fascinating book on Jesus films, Jesus at the Movies:  A Guide to the First [...]

Richard Lindsay takes a break from holiday revelry to provide a great review of the HBO sketch comedy series, Little Britain USA.

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Marjorie Suchocki, a process theologian and Professor Emerita at the Claremont School of Theology, about her work in theology and film and the upcoming Whitehead International Film Festival, of which she is the chair.  Follow the link after the jump to listen (my interview is just below the [...]