Son of God: Comparative Religion in Film
The 2014 film, Son of God, follows a familiar trajectory well-known to viewers who had seen films such as George Stevens’ The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Watching the Passion story yet again, I...
Category: New Films
Trailer for ‘Christian Mingle’
Christian Mingle isn’t just a dating website: it’s feature film, a floor wax, and a dessert topping! Okay, just kidding about those last two. But there is indeed a new movie based on the...
A Win for Maryam in Venice and With It, Indonesian Cinema
A short film from Indonesia about religion and autism has injected new excitement into the country’s film industry after its groundbreaking victory in the world’s oldest film festival. …The film tells the story of...
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas Already Facing Grinches
His new film, Saving Christmas, is going to take a look at various elements surrounding Christmas such as its origins and place in our modern culture. The Saving Christmas website was hacked by Muslim...
Salma Hayek on Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
Paul MacInnes talks to the actor about her animated version of Kahlil Gibran’s bestseller The Prophet Your animated adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is about a deported poet delivering sermons. It’s not your...
Foreign Body: New Zanussi movie tackles Poland’s religious divide
Foreign Body explores the plight of Italian Angelo (Riccardo Leonelli) who falls for fellow Catholic Kasia (Agata Buzek) while on a religious retreat in Italy. However, Kasia is decided on taking her vows and...
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
The church that conquered the album charts is hoping to do the same at the box office. The Hillsong Church’s latest foray into mass media is the feature film, Hillsong: Let Hope Rise, which...
Faith Connections: on Kumbh Mela, World’s Largest Religious Festival,
The Hindu Kumbh Mela festival is the largest gathering of religious pilgrims in the world and takes place at the intersection of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers. In 2013 the festival drew...
Interview with Majid Majidi, director of “Prophet Mohammed”
Why did you decide to take on a subject this important? I would like to say that the issues pertaining to Islam are very important not only in the Muslim world, but in the...
Toronto Film Review: Leviathan
In its original religious context, Leviathan is a sea monster mentioned by God in the Book of Job to demonstrate (for the umpteenth time) his power over even the most fearsome parts of nature....