Movie review: Mr X
Mr X has its share of divine interventions and dramatic conflicts between science and religion. The film draws an analogy between Krishna and Arjun and God and Mr X. In the Mahabharata, the hero...
Christian chaplain fired for preaching compassion and love over violence of American Sniper
O February 10th, MidAmerica Nazarene University’s (MNU) chaplain Randy Beckum gave his morning sermon, which wasn’t unusual – it was his job. But what was different that day was the response to the sermon...
The Savior (2014) – review by Bible Films Blog
The film not only stars Israeli-born actor Shredy Jabarin in the lead role – which is of itself, I believe, something of a first – but all the dialogue is in Arabic. Whilst Jabarin’s...
The Club: When films reveal the ugly truth
Despite many bans, cinema has been questioning religious faith for over half a century. One of the most acclaimed films of the Berlin Film Festival this year was The Club, which won the Silver...
The Iraqi Yazidi and Yazidism Religion, Who and what is it? – Documentary
The Yazidis are a Kurdish religious community whose syncretic but ancient religion Yazidism (a kind of Yazdanism) is linked to Zoroastrianism and ancient Mesopotamian religions. They live primarily in the Nineveh Province of Iraq....
Lucas Hrubizna brings dark sensations with Big Brother
Big Brother is a surrealist and dark drama about Troy, a youth pastor and former Christian rocker, who obsessively follows his favourite youth group member, Michael, off to college in order to secure Michael’s...
The Forgiven: New faith film has Cabarrus connections
“The idea of ‘The Forgiven’ is wrapped up around whether or not these people can forgive him, because he not only acted against these people, but he acted against God as well,” Burgess said....
‘Little Boy’: Changing the culture, one film at a time
When was the last time you saw a truly great film, one that inspired you, made you laugh or even shed a tear or two? There aren’t many movies like that these days. “Little...
Science and Islam – A Documentary Film
Islam and science addresses the relationships between the religion of Islam, its adherents’ (Muslims) communities and the activities known collectively as science. As with all other branches of human knowledge, science, from an Islamic...
King of Kings (1961) Revisited
And herein lies the basis of Ray’s gospel: Jesus is a messiah of peace that stands in opposition to all this power and violence. Perhaps this is why there is a such a preponderance...