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THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

December 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

For all the meticulous detail in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE about the early life of Tammy Faye Bakker, this biopic about the rise of fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker has an ending that is curiously sparse. It’s not just Tammy Faye’s second marriage to Roe Messner that is erased, though he does… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Christianity, evangelicals, hypocrisy, religion, televangelism

PILGRIMAGE

September 3, 2017 By Leave a Comment

PILGRIMAGE

PILGRIMAGE tells a dour tale of faith and fanaticism. Set in 13th-century Ireland, it blends mysticism with realpolitik in a time and place so distant from ours that a subtext of imperialism might be almost too subtle, while the vicious commonplaces of summary justice, revenge, and casual violence are all too vivid A prologue set… Read More »

Tagged With: battle, Christianity, fairy fort, fanaticism, gore, holy relic, Ireland, monastery, monks, Normans, religion

FRANK VS. GOD — Henry Ian Cusick Interview

July 12, 2017 By Leave a Comment

FRANK VS. GOD — Henry Ian Cusick Interview

I may not have had the best phone connection when talking with Henry Ian Cusick on June 7, 2017, but his passion for intriguing roles and material that allows him to stretch as an actor came through clear as a bell. The occasion of our conversation was the online release of FRANK VS. GOD, a… Read More »

Tagged With: act of God, DRESS, faith, FRANK VS. GOD, grief, Henry Ian Cusick, humor, Inhumans, Jesus, lawsuit, Marvel Comics, MCU, Pali Road, religion, short film, Sonya Walger, Stewart Schill, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, tornado, VISIBLE

LONG STRANGE TRIP — Amir Bar-Lev Interview

May 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment

LONG STRANGE TRIP — Amir Bar-Lev Interview

LONG STRANGE TRIP is a glorious four hours dedicated to The Grateful Dead that I watched in one big gulp, and that left me wanting more. So when I spoke with director Amir Bar-Lev on April 14, 2017, my first question was about his reaction when he realized that he would not be constrained by… Read More »

Tagged With: Al Franken, Alan Watts, buddhism, concerts, Dark Star, Dead Head, Frankenstein, Grateful Dead, improvisation, Jerry Garcia, Joe Smith, John Barlow, memento mori, Michel Gondrey, myth, parables, psychedelia, religion, Robert Hunter, Spike Jonze, The Beats, Trixie Garcia

THE TICKET — Ido Fluk Interview

April 8, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE TICKET — Ido Fluk Interview

The premise of THE TICKET is the decidedly mixed nature of blessings. In this case, what happens when James, played by Dan Stevens, miraculously regains his eyesight after losing it as a child. The initial euphoria felt by him and his wife, Sam, soon gives way to the stresses that ensue as their relationships change… Read More »

Tagged With: ambition, blindness, BLUE, Derek Jarman, Ido Fluk, miracle, perception, power struggle, prayer, relationships, religion, Sharon Mashihi, sound design, sound mixing, Tom Ryan, Zack Galler

THE SHACK

March 3, 2017 By 5 Comments

THE SHACK

THE SHACK, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, is a well-meaning and heartfelt film that dares to tackle a fiendishly tricky question. If God is good and loves us all, why does She allow evil in the world? Couched in parables and riddles, and for all its gentleness of spirit, it arrives… Read More »

Tagged With: faith, God, grief, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, miracles, religion, walking on water

THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (Le tout nouveau testament )

December 29, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (Le tout nouveau testament )

THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT is a clever and wise deconstruction of dogma and patriarchy. Taking as its premise that God  (Benoît Poelvoorde) is real, but less than benevolent, it gives us the story of his other child, the one who didn’t get her own book and who doesn’t like the status quo and takes it… Read More »

Tagged With: fantasy, God, homelessness, poetic justice, religion, satire, testament

THE WITCH

February 20, 2016 By 1 Comment

THE WITCH

The true horror in THE WITCH does not lie in its supernatural underpinnings. Rather this dour psychological thriller plumbs the depths of madness that human nature invites upon itself with a closed mind and a conviction of righteousness. Set in a New World colony in the early 17th century, it is an incisive deconstruction of… Read More »

Tagged With: colonial America, curse, evil rabbit, Pilgrims, Puritans, religion, witchcraft

Why BLACKBIRD Soars

September 18, 2015 By 1 Comment

Why BLACKBIRD Soars

I have rarely been as moved by a film as I was by BLACKBIRD. A thoughtful, poetic, compassionate film that uses truth, humor, and tragedy into an elegiac story that transcends the specifics of its plot, transmuting them into a timeless story of love, acceptance, and moving on. When I spoke with director/co-writer Patrik-Ian Polk… Read More »

Tagged With: African-American, broken home, choir, church, LGBT, religion, teenage romance

GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF

March 20, 2015 By 2 Comments

GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF

Alex Gibney has proven himself an able and engaging documentarian, bringing to light with films such as TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, and most recently THE ARMSTRONG LIE, the hubris, self-deception, and other foibles of human nature that allow people to commit crimes without ever quite admitting to… Read More »

Tagged With: Alex Gibney, book to sceen, cinema, cult, documentary, film, IRS, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, LGBT, movie, Paul Haggis, religion, scientology, Tom Cruise

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