Standing in Babylon
"The arts steer the culture, and it's time for the people of God to put their hand on the wheel."
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The Thin Place #51: Calvary–Good or Great?
Kenneth R. Morefield and Todd C. Truffin discuss the movie Calvary in the latest podcast episode of The Thin Place.
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The Interview (Goldberg and Rogen, 2014)
It turns out the joke is on us.
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Into the Woods (Marshall, 2014)
The cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold.
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Wild (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2014)
Director Jean-Marc Vallee, screenwriter Nick Hornby, and actors Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern combine superbly in this story of self-transformation by way of a long wilderness trek.
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2014 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury Awards — Winners
The Ecumenical Jury nominated over sixty films for consideration and then faced the daunting task of winnowing down that rich field to the ten films we felt wire most worthy of recognition.
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The Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy (Sam Henegar, 2014)
This brief documentary appealingly serves up a history lesson, along with plenty of lovely outdoor imagery.
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Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (dir. James Keach, 2014)
James Keach’s “fly on the wall” documentary covering Glen Campbell’s farewell tour succeeds as a family portrait centered upon a man in decline due to Alzheimer’s, even if it overreaches slightly as a public service announcement.
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2014 Top Ten
What made this particular list difficult to shape was that I had five films I was enthusiastic about and another twenty hovering on the plateau just below them.
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Ask Me Anything (Burnett, 2014)
Katie may be promiscuous, but it’s unclear whether Burnett is condemning or endorsing modern, female sexuality.