Jesus, the brand of the brothers

Recently released on DVD, David Di Sabatino’s 2005 documentary Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher tells the story of Lonnie Frisbee, a significant figure in the Jesus People Movement, a strain of evangelical Christianity that emerged from the...

Unravelling blood, oil and prophets

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. Offering a mythic...

Indonesian churches criticise far-right anti-Muslim film

The Council of Churches in Indonesia has joined a growing chorus of calls for a controversial Dutch film about Islam not to be shown – writes Andreas Havinga from Utrecht, Netherlands. The film, made by far-right politician Geert Wilders, is entitled...