movies
The ‘Church of Star Wars’ — at least for one Sunday in a German congregation
By Reuters — December 20, 2015
BERLIN (Reuters) "The more we talked about it, the more parallels we discovered between Christian traditions and the Star Wars movies," said Ulrike Garve. "We wanted to make churchgoers aware of these analogies."
‘Spotlight’ movie explores journalists’ Catholic abuse coverage, loss of faith (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — November 20, 2015
(RNS) I moved to Boston the week Cardinal Bernard Law resigned. As I read those chilling Globe reports, I sensed that the darkness and an unusually cold winter were apt metaphors for the heartbreak and pain the scandal caused.
Finding grace, from Cary Grant to Barack Obama to the NFL
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 28, 2015
(RNS) A dance critic finds the animating spirit of grace in athletes, entertainers, rock show roadies and politicians.
With ‘Woodlawn,’ Christian films enter new playing field
By Patrick Ryan — October 16, 2015
"It wasn't politicians that led the Civil Rights Movement, it was pastors," said faith-based filmmaker Jon Erwin, whose new faith-and-football movie opens Friday (Oct. 16.)
Meryl Streep, ‘Suffragette,’ and feminism’s sin of erasure (COMMENTARY)
By Laura Turner — October 9, 2015
(RNS) White feminism in the West has a long history of erasure of women of color.
‘Left Behind’ and ‘The Good Lie’ face off during Hollywood’s year of faith-based films
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 3, 2014
(RNS) "Left Behind" and "The Good Lie" both aim to attract a faith-based crowd, and they’ll both test Hollywood’s appetite for religion.
Are we the United States of Dystopia? The politics of ‘The Giver’
By Tom Deignan — August 12, 2014
(RNS) The brilliance of a well-told dystopian tale is not only that it appeals to liberals and conservatives. It also shows both that they have similar fears and, alas, may not be so different.
Superman: Jesus figure or ‘anti-Christ’?
By David Gibson — June 27, 2013
(RNS) Superman has always been identified with Jesus, which is why Warner Bros. Pictures made a big pitch to churches and pastors to get the flock to see the new “Man of Steel” movie. But many Christians are leaving the theater saying this Superman isn’t Jesus; he’s "the anti-Christ."
Not your mother’s morals: An interview with Jonathan Fitzgerald
By Jonathan Merritt — March 19, 2013
At 31, Jonathan Fitzgerald has become one of the most thoughtful cultural observers among a rising generation of Christians. Here, he talks about his new book, morality, pop culture, and whether he believes God is “still important” today.
Film traces real-life story of abortion ‘survivor’
By Tracy Gordon — March 22, 2012
(RNS) A new movie confronts a controversial topic by highlighting two words that don't typically go together: abortion and survivor. By Annalisa Musarra. 475. With photos.
ThursdayâÂ?Â?s Religion Roundup: Cage-fighting for Jesus? Apocalypse now — again?
By David Gibson — January 26, 2012
Evangelicals debate the ethics of cage-fighting, George Soros channels Harold Camping, Alaska Airlines stops handing out prayer cards, we reveal “most exciting archival discovery in the post-Reformation era.”
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