Sundance Film Festival

Students at Sundance explore film through the eyes of faith

By Bob Smietana — February 4, 2019
(RNS) — Students from Fuller Seminary and a number of Christian colleges attended this year's Sundance Film Festival for a look at how spirituality and storytelling meet.

Ewan McGregor pulls off a convincing Jesus in ‘Last Days in the Desert’

By Dick Staub — January 30, 2015
PARK CITY, Utah (RNS) McGregor delivers a stand-out performance, and quipped that “somehow playing Satan came more naturally to me then playing Jesus."

COMMENTARY: Spike Lee does the right thing by religion

By Tracy Gordon — January 25, 2012

PARK CITY, Utah (RNS) Imagine my surprise when Spike Lee's new film, "Red Hook Summer," delivered a humorous, honest look at the vibrancy, complexity, sincerity and messiness of Christianity in the African-American community. By Dick Staub. 750.

Gay bishop documentary ‘Love Free or Die’ takes center stage at Sundance

By Tracy Gordon — January 24, 2012

"If my story can help a young boy or girl in their teens believe they can have a wonderful and productive life and family," says the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, "then it's worth my putting up with a film crew following me around for two years in order to comfort and inspire them."

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