If you want to know anything – and I do mean anything – about Noah (opening this week), go to Peter Chattaway’s FilmChat blog. You’ll discover he has been on the trail for quite some time now. Not only has…
Noah revives, and transforms, Bible movies
Tag: movies
Feb 24 – March 2: Son of God, Women of Substance, Studio Series Part 004 . . .
Son of God is not exactly a local phenomenon, but it will be opening here this Friday (February 28), at the International Village Cinemas, as it is all over North America. And there actually are some nice local links as…
Jan 20 – 26: Missions Fest, art shows, addiction, Helping Without Hurting . . .
Ah, Missions Fest! Always one of my favourite times of year, not far behind Christmas and summer holidays. There are other missions conferences around the world – including several directly modelled on ours – but few if any rival the…
Look for Bible epics in theatres this year
Bible epics are back, and coming soon to a theatre near you. The genre – which was very popular in the silent era and then, again, during the post-war boom of the 1950s and early 1960s – never went away…
An invitation to ‘Son of God’ screening
For the last couple of years, I have been working closely with Mark Burnett (TV producer of The Voice, Survivor, Apprentice, Shark Tank, etc. and his wife Roma Downey (Touched By an Angel) on the TV miniseries The Bible. The…
Oct 21 – 27: Sculpture at Lookout, Chapel at JO, Communion at PT . . .
This looks like a good week for culture and the arts – and youth. A movie on architecture at the Hollywood; cultural analysis with Iain Provan; a new exhibit at the Lookout Gallery; a new play at Pacific Theatre; and…
Sept 23 – 29: VIFF, Taizé worship, Alongsiders, Passionate Embrace . . .
There is absolutely no point in me trying to identify likely films at the Vancouver International Film Festival (Sept 26 – Oct 11) – not while Ron Reed is alive and kicking. Definitely not a one-trick pony, he manages to…