Noah: Story and Medium

April 17, 2014
David Morgan gives us a picture of what's really going on with literalist objections to the new movie "Noah."

Commie Harry

February 10, 2013
“What really makes these critics hate Million Dollar Baby is not its supposedly radical politics — which are nonexistent — but...

Liberia's Devils

November 9, 2011
Nora Connor: We’ve been watching PBS’s “Women, War and Peace.” Less a series than a grouping of thematically linked films,...

Focus at the Movies

December 28, 2005
28 December 2005 The New York Times’ John Leland moves beyond the neverending Narnia/Passion stories to find another trend...
Feature

Narnia Chronicles

November 16, 2005
By Erica Ogg Someone finally said it. A journalist has recognized the inherently complementary natures of Hollywood and C.S....

The Passion of Constantine

February 22, 2005
Next to Constantine, Mel Gibson’s The Passion is an episode of Spongebob Squarepants. In Constantine, Keanu Reeves as the titular, demon-slaying hero visits...
Feature, Review

Ammo for his Enemy

September 30, 2004
Frank Rich accidentally writes a Republican’s dream review. It’s a shame the job of disassembling George W. Bush: Faith in...
Review

"The Question of God" Questioned

September 14, 2004
Notes from Dr. Armand Nicholi’s militant past. By Jeff Sharlet PBS’s latest God offering — “The Question of God,”...

05 August 2004 Daily Links

August 5, 2004
BP News, the publication of the Southern Baptist Convention, and the anti-abortion LifeSite gleefully pick up the same quote from Julia Duin’s article...

20 July 2004 Daily Links

July 24, 2004
News of the Weird (press releases): on Sept 12, 2004, in Washington, D.C., the National Council of Churches will...

Save This

June 10, 2004
What’s the difference between born-again and bad-to-the-bone? Saved! doesn’t answer and the press doesn’t care. By Patton Dodd Evangelicals on film...

07 June 2004 Daily Links

June 7, 2004
9:50 pm: “They almost thought I was one of them or something,” said Macaulay Culkin of the young Christians...

05 June 2004 Daily Links

June 5, 2004
11:18 pm: Since Revealer editor Jeff Sharlet blurbed What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide — “At last, a Buffy book...
Review

Godzilla, Born Again

May 29, 2004
The original Godzilla, a parable of atomic hubris, is playing in America for the first time. Is its hero...

Welcome to Godsend

April 17, 2004
Revealer associate editor Kathryn Joyce writes: In the title story of his collection, Welcome to the Monkey House, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.tells us what all...
Review

The Second Coming of the Dawn of the Dead

April 12, 2004
Mel Gibson, wrote Chris Lehmann in reviewing The Passion for The Revealer, turned to the aesthetics of horror to spread his religion. Now Adam H. Becker explains...

Bach v. Mel

February 29, 2004
Prepare yourself for heresy: Mel Gibson is the Johann Sebastian Bach of the 21st century. We leave it to others to compare their...

A Yellow Star for Mel

February 25, 2004
At last — the big day for what may be the biggest religion story in 2,000 years — the...

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