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When Love Comes Knocking

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, Knock at the Cabin, is an adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s novel The Cabin at the End of the World....

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

In Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster movie Oppenheimer, the renowned physicist (played by Cillian Murphy) is twice heard quoting religious texts. One of these is...

Indiana’s Date with Destiny

By Leander Harding I heartily recommend the latest Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. It is not Shakespeare, but it is exactly...

Dreaming Dreams, Seeing Visions: The Theology of Field of Dreams

Ask baseball fans to name their favorite baseball movie, and it is highly likely that Field of Dreams will be on the short list....

Signs of Sanity in the Culture: Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

By Leander Harding There are signs of hope in the culture and one of the them is the courageous cultural critique that is carried by...

Spider-Man and Redemption

At a dark, difficult, dangerous time in our common life, one could do much worse than forgiveness, sacrifice, and redemption as things to be reminded of, and to believe in.

The Twelve Days of Christmas: Gregory Nazianzen and Basil the Great

By Hannah Matis On Christmas Day, Pixar released on Disney+ another of its gorgeous, bittersweet, complicated creations. In the tradition of Inside Out and Coco,...

Hopeful Movies During a Pandemic, Part II

Another set of hopeful movies with Episcopalian or religious themes. Make your own popcorn.

A Tale of Two Popes

By Matt Boulter Anyone who remembers Shadowlands, the classic 1993 film about C. S. Lewis, knows that Anthony Hopkins has an uncanny knack for portraying...

Recovering the Magic in Onward

By Sam Keyes Pixar’s new Onward, made available early on Disney Plus thanks to the pandemic, is a wonderful movie. Of course I was going...

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