A Liturgical Watchlist for Lent and Easter: Navigating That Space Between Death and Life
As we enter the season of Lent, a period of reflection and preparation as we move towards Easter, many people will be giving consideration to what it is they will be giving up as a symbol of this figurative time…
Oh! The Horror… | of Double Features, Vol. II
I am so pleased this week to be collaborating, once again, with my good friend, Joseph Nooft, who is a contributor for Mockingbird. We wanted to bring to you some more suggestions for double features—a non-horror film paired with a horror…
Oscar 2017 Pool– with Prizes!
The Oscars are just around the corner and the Reel World Theology team would love to have a picks pool with it’s awesome fans and listeners! To make things interesting, RWT has just acquired a few copies of Academy Award…
#125 – Silence and the Cross of Christ
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We take a deep breath and settle in for a very heavy conversation about Martin Scorsese’s latest exploration of faith, Silence. Based on the book of the same name, Silence has…
Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2016
For a little while, 2016 was a paltry ration compared to the veritable feast of 2015. We went into 2016 with incredibly high expectations as 2015 went down as one of the best years for movies in over a decade.…
Blaine’s Top 10 films of 2016
I have an adversarial relationship with lists. At the same time, however, I’m very excited and happy to be taking a look back at 2016 with my fellow Reel World Theology colleagues. I have no doubt this list will grow…
Top 5 Directors 2016
The director is the only person who is involved in every aspect of making a movie. No matter how great a performance, how well-crafted a script, creative the editing, or cutting edge the special effects are, if the director is…
Top 5 Actors 2016
Of all the Top 5’s we’re doing this week, the Best Actor category may be the most predictable and also contains the most consensus among the RWT staff. Does that speak to the lack of great starring roles by men in…
10 Most Anticipated Fall Movies of 2016
With a disappointing summer movie season behind us, although not as bad as some have made it out to be, the fall movie season could prove to be one of the stronger ones in recent memory. Of a slew of…
Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016
With the passing of January on the Reel World Theology calendar, we squarely focus our sights on 2016 and what has us gnawing at our limbs in anticipation. We put together our collective heads together and mashed together our separate…