I'm an associate editor for Transpositions, the online journal for ITIA, where I recently wrote on four very unconventional Christmas films from a theological perspective: The traditional popular Christmas film is typically full of holiday joy and good cheer, as exemplified by … [Read more...] about Transpositions – Truly Unconventional Christmas Films for the Bleak Midwinter
Essays
Transpositions – Motion Pictures, Mary Magdalene, and #MeToo
For Transpositions, I recently wrote on Garth Davis' 2018 film Mary Magdalene, the #MeToo movement, and the filmic depictions of Mary Magdalene throughout cinematic history: I find it sadly ironic that Garth Davis’s exquisite 2018 film Mary Magdalene became an unexpected … [Read more...] about Transpositions – Motion Pictures, Mary Magdalene, and #MeToo
The 2018 Cinemayward Oscars
Every year, the Academy Awards get some things wonderfully right (La La Land! Moonlight!) and some things horribly wrong (La La Land? No, Moonlight!). Though Crash beating Brokeback Mountain in 2006 is often the most cited Worst Best Picture win of recent years, I am still … [Read more...] about The 2018 Cinemayward Oscars
Writing at Transpositions – Aronofsky’s mother! and Cinematic Parables
I recently wrote a piece for Transpositions on the genre of parable as it relates to Darren Aronofsky's recent horror allegory, mother!, as well as the Dardennes' The Unknown Girl: In film critic circles—particularly film critics of a religious persuasion—the term ‘parable’ … [Read more...] about Writing at Transpositions – Aronofsky’s mother! and Cinematic Parables
Book Review: Movies Are Prayers
Movies Are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings (IVP) achieves something rather remarkable: author Josh Larsen is open and sincere about his Christian faith and examines the films in this volume through an overtly religious lens, yet the book's tone and tenor are … [Read more...] about Book Review: Movies Are Prayers