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special features and guest articles
Movieguide
Meltdown:
Tim Willson
takes a hard look at Ted Baehr and Movieguide,
unethical business practices, and what happened when a Christianity
Today journalist did a bit of good reporting.
Celluloid
Saints
Ron Reed takes a look at the history
of Christian characters at the movies.
Hulking Rage
In Books and Culture, Jeffrey Overstreet
examines the trend of new movies about anger.
Faith and Film
Seattle Pacific University's alumni magazine,
Response, is currently featuring an interview with Michael Medved,
Jeffrey Overstreet, and Todd Rendleman. See where they agree, where they differ, and their differing choices for
'10 Favorite Films', at
the Response web site.
Special Focus:
Iranian Cinema
Wrong, Right and "R"-Rated:
Part One: Naked Truths
Part Two: Who Gives a #$@*!
Part Three: Violence Under Fire
Jeffrey Overstreet talks with critics and moviegoers about nudity, violence, and foul
language in the movies. Are they ever appropriate? Or is it all pornography
and gratuitous debauchery? What exactly IS a "Christian perspective" on
such things?
Jeffrey
Overstreet's 1990s Film Festival: 50 Favorites from the Decade
Movies in the Wake of
September 11th's Terrorist Attacks
Part One:
Shock Waves Tear Through a Shock Value Industry
Part Two:
How September 11th May Eliminate the Big Dumb Disaster Movie
A page of thoughts on
the events of September 11, 2001.
A reaction to the
Oscar nominations for movies that came out in 2000.
Religion and Religious Imagery in the Films of
Charlie Chaplin
by Peter T. Chattaway |
great
quotes
about art and artmaking
articles on
artists and artmaking
Promontory
Artists Forum:
Artists and Honesty
Artists respond to the
question of how they deal with the tension between what they want to
share and what the audience wants to hear.
Promontory
Artists Forum:
Artists and Criticism
Artists share how they deal with criticism of their work.
Promontory
Artists Forum:
The Artistic Compulsion
Artists talk about what compels them to create.
How does an artist
develop "eyes to see"? How does an audience learn to discern meaning in
a work of art? Jeffrey Overstreet explores
The Right
Frame of Mind. |
