NewsThe Christmas spirit is alive and well in the music business this year, with more than twenty new releases in the Christian market—some of them late arrivals from 2006, but we haven’t even included everything that’s available for 2007. The phrase “something for everyone” has never been more applicable: pop, rock, classical, gospel, country, jazz, Read more...
The Passion of The Christ was an independent movie, paid for entirely out of Mel Gibson’s pocket. The Prince of Egypt was an animated film that emphasized the common ground between Jews, Christians and Muslims. The Last Temptation of Christ was a low-budget art-house flick based on a heretical novel.You would have to go back Read more...
What society and the church can learn from comedian Michael Richards's racial tirade.
Harold John Ockenga's conviction that the church needs thinkers helped spark a renaissance of evangelical scholarship.
They've been making films about the Son of God for over a century. Here's one man's list of those that ascend to the top of the cinematic pack.
It’s remarkable how holiday traditions and creative artistry over the years have yielded so many different musical expressions for the Christmas season, and 2006 is no exception. There’s acoustic pop from Third Day, R&B gospel from Mary Mary, varied pop from NewSong, Irish hymns from Moya Brennan, alternative folk from Sufjan Stevens, a cappella from Read more...
Perry Moore, a lifelong sci-fi and fantasy fanboy, has always wanted to see his favorite book, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, made into a movie. Now it is—and he's the executive producer.
I love movies with big ensemble casts—my favorite being The Royal Tenenbaums. Wes Anderson’s wonderfully weird Tenenbaum family is equal parts J.D. Salinger and Addams Family: funny, broken, human, and so idiosyncratic that you just know they’re all based on people Anderson knows in real life. They’re a pretty pitiful lot, really, but, because each Read more...
Editor’s note: In case you missed the airing of No Direction Home: Bob Dylan on PBS, it is available to purchase here as a two-disc DVD. In the early
