Tough Passages #18: Family Feud (Matthew 10:35-37)
Tough Passages finishes its first season tonight! Are our families actually our enemies?
#143 – Dunkirk and Theater as Religious Experience
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Christopher Nolan is back at it and now louder than ever! That’s right, Nolan is bringing his flair for making films pure theater experiences back after his trip to the future…
Game of Thrones S07E06 – Beyond the Wall
You know, sometimes you can figure out what is going to happen on this show. Book reader or not, the writers set up the good stuff and leave you on the edge of your seat before they spike it to…
DuckTales, Family, and the Surprisingly Insightful Deathtrap
Woo-oo! Grab on to some DuckTales in this new article!
When the Center Does Not Hold: The Problem with Detroit
“The white gaze: it traps black people in white imaginations. It is the eyes of a white schoolteacher who sees a black student and lowers expectations. It is the eyes of a white cop who sees a black person and…
Reel World: Rewind #019 – Donnie Darko
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind . . . Blaine and Shannon are joined by Joe Nooft to talk about Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko (2001). They talk about their first experiences with the film, its allusions to 80s cinema, and possible interpretations of…
Game of Thrones S07E05 – Eastwatch
Hoo boy there’s a lot goin on this week, and I don’t just mean in our favorite fantasy land of Westeros. Tough decisions are being made, old friends are reemerging from the depths of Flea Bottom, and the dead are…
#142 – A Ghost Story and Sitting Down With David Lowery
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Where’s Fizz? When it comes to this episode, he’s a ghost… Ok, apologies. JR Forasteros and Aaron White had the opportunity to see A Ghost Story early and JR had the…
Oh! The Horror… | of a Silent Scream
I was raised on a healthy diet of classic film and television growing up, everything from It Happened One Night to My Three Sons and so on. Once I set my sights on horror as a genre, it would not be long until…
The Truman Show: Empathy and Reality
Are you trapped in a prison of fakeness by your own lack of empathy? New article about The Truman Show!