Interview with Dietrich Brüggemann, director of Stations of the Cross
How would you describe the film? It’s hard to say. I guess you could describe it in many ways. On the one hand, it’s a story about religion and coming of age. It’s about...
World Religions: Volume 4 Zen Meditations With Alan Watts
Alan Watts (1915-1973), the foremost Western teacher of Zen Buddhism, collaborated with award-winning filmmaker Elda Hartley to create this elegant anthology of lyrical guided meditations into inner realities. Watts on the practice of Zen:...
HBO Prepping Bombshell Scientology Film From Oscar Winner
THR has learned that HBO, no stranger to controversy, having ushered such hot-button docs as The Case Against 8 and the Paradise Lost trilogy to the screen, is eyeing a 2015 airdate for Going...
US associate professor challenged for ‘promoting religious beliefs’
Lecturing for a week about how “evolution could not have happened”. Offering extra credit for students to watch the film God’s Not Dead. Showing religious bias in exam questions. Student reviews saying he’ll try...
30 minutes, three faith traditions
CBS television affiliates across the U.S. will explain a bit about Mennonites later this month. CBS Religion and Culture visited the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pa., Nov. 3 to film interviews for one...
PLUG’s Top Five Spiritual Films
Black Narcissus Though some have claimed that it is mildly critical of Catholicism, the beguiling mix of melodrama, noir thriller, and spirituality make this Technicolor epic a must-see. IMDB Amazon DVD Uncle Boonmee Who...
Film: Sister Helen (2002)
In this compelling no-frills documentary, a 69-year-old Benedictine nun rules a private home for recovering male addicts in the South Bronx with strict curfews, tough language and a large heart. The Sundance Award-winning documentary...
The Narration of America in Literature and Film
Course at The University of Chicago Divinity School This seminar examines, with specific attention to the genres of novel and film, the ways in which artistic form has given shape to ideas of “America.”...
Terry Gilliam Riffs on Religion
Q: In the film [The Zero Theorem], the protagonist lives in this dilapidated church, making religion this backdrop that overshadows things to a degree. What were some of your intentions regarding the role religion...
The Holy Mountain (1973) (Bible Films Blog review)
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain is, I suppose, a Jesus film of sorts. But it’s not hard to see it’s rarely discussed along with more conventional takes on the story. Jodorowsky’s dark surrealist vision...