P.T. Anderson’s (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) latest film, There Will Be Blood, opened to mixed, though mainly positive, reviews. A fan of his earlier works, I highly anticipated this film, thanks in no small part to the casting of Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role as Daniel Plainview, an aspiring oil baron in 1800s western America. [...]
Whoever says there’s nothing good on television must not have a DVD player, a local video store, or access to HBO. Between multiple seasons of The Wire and Extras available on DVD, the writers’ strike be damned. Hot on the heels of their wildly successful, critically acclaimed series, The Office, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant [...]
For a class on religion, race, and American film, I watched several movies that dealt with immigrants and non-Christian religions, with the recognition that American religion is anything but monolithic. Nearly all of these films dealt with the tension between immigrant parents and their children (whether born in the United States or not) as the [...]
The prayer of confession in the Episcopal Church asks for forgiveness for things done and things left undone, thus recognizing that we break with God’s will for creation not only when we do “bad” things to one another, but when we fail to do “good” things as well. Two current films illustrate this point of [...]
I came across this interesting article today in the San Francisco Chronicle about outsourcing Hindu prayers. Follow the link to read the article and click on the website if you are feeling “interfaithful” today. NO TIME TO PRAY? OUTSOURCE YOUR DEVOTIONS THE MODERN HINDU WAY! www.shrikashivishwanath.org
Merry Christmas from PopTheology! Read on for the 2007 Christmas message from the Presiding Episcopal Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori entitled “Eyes to See: Finding Immanuel as Immigrant, Wanderer, Child.” May you have a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year.
It is a rare thing these days to write about a film that shines in every aspect. Lately, it seems like most films leave me with a keen awareness of something missing or poorly present. Nothing could be further from the truth in regards to the upcoming film, Juno. Believe all the hype for this [...]
December 7th came and went, as will the hubub around the release of The Golden Compass. As I expected, the film did not quite capture the magic of Pullman’s book thanks to changes in the story and the length of the film. I saw most of the negative reviews of the film before going and [...]
That’s right. One more week and The Golden Compass hits theaters, much to the chagrin of many Conservative Evangelicals. As you can tell, I can’t wait. In fact, I’ve started re-reading the first book in excited anticipation, even though the film won’t be nearly as good…they never are. Nevertheless, hopefully I’ll compile a top ten [...]
