Category - film

In The Loop... Fake Hawk Down?

Alan Wilson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:33:09 +0100

Imagine a world of soundbite politics where the machinery of power is operated by vacillating professional politicians, out of their depth, jumping to the whims of ruthless, feral spin doctors. That, says Alan Wilson, is the film satire In The Loop

Religulous ends up going in circles

Deirdre J. Good — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:34:53 +0100

Bill Maher's movie Religulous manages to laugh at nutty believers and caricature religion, but it doesn't actually tell us anything or indicate any learning, says Deirdre Good. It takes us in a circle - but not a hermeneutical one.

Watchmen, sin and salvation

Kevin Boyd — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:29:12 +0000

The film Watchmen directly asks what no other superhero movie has ever had the courage or audacity to posit, says Kevin Boyd. Is society actually worth saving?

Fairytale, myth and Slumdog reality

Alison Downie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:08:00 +0000

There have been a vraiety of responses to the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire, says Alison Downie, including some quite dismissive ones. But what is written, she suggests, is that a life of integrity is its own reward.

Jesus, the brand of the brothers

Brian Collins — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:43:36 +0100

Using a new-to-DVD documentary on Lonnie Frisbee as a starting point,
Brian Collins reflects on the way Jesus became an inspiration, brand and cultural transfer for an alternative culture that became mainstream.

Unravelling blood, oil and prophets

Spencer Dew — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:01:14 +0100

The bludgeoning conclusion of Paul Thomas Anderson's much-lauded, Oscar-nominated film "There Will Be Blood," which has recently been released on DVD, features a preacher forced to renounce his faith in God and admit charlatanry. Spencer Dew investigates.

Indonesian churches criticise far-right anti-Muslim film

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:05:43 +0000

The Council of Churches in Indonesia has joined calls for a controversial Dutch film about Islam made by far-right politician Geert Wilders not to be shown. In the past he called for the Qur'an to be banned.

Violent for peace?

Simon Barrow — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:00:23 +0000

Maggi Dawn's new piece in the Culture and Review section, Getting angry for justice, reminded me of another book.

Getting angry for justice

Maggi Dawn — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:40:40 +0000

Maggi Dawn reflects on actors caught up in the Gospel and the church caught up in acting

New film highlights global injustice impacting Africa

staff writers — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:53:54 +0000

International development agency Christian Aid and leading British Muslim magazine, Q-News, have teamed up to host a special screening of Bamako, a powerful film about the devastating effects of World Bank and IMF policies imposed on African countries, at the Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, London on 12 February 2007.