Category Archives: Film
You Will Be Upgraded
While we await the next series of Doctor Who to begin, I’ve been considering the nature of evil as Doctor Who, and other science fiction stories, often depict it. A common thread among many of the antagonist aliens is conformity. … Continue reading
Filed under Doctor Who, Film, Literature, Psychology, Science Fiction, Star Trek
Why (Most) Christian Movies, Put Simply, Suck
I recently watched Fireproof, a tedious and bland film starring Kirk Cameron and no one else you’ve heard of. IMDB tells me the movie made almost $33.5 million during its theatrical run in 2008 and 2009. Not a bad return … Continue reading
Filed under Film, Spirtual Practice
Reel Conservative
At the UK Telegraph, Nile Gardiner lists his top ten conservative movies of the decade. I haven’t seen all of them, but some of his comments are thought-provoking. I (Michael) am decidedly not a conservative. My friend and colleague GR … Continue reading
Filed under Film
Who Are We Letting In?
I do not mean to keep mining the vampiric vein, (pumping? draining? — oh, the metaphorical abuse … ) but the modern vampire trope speaks to the modern condition in ways that the antecedent medieval legends spoke to the … Continue reading
Filed under Film, Mythology, Psychology
Timor Mortis Conturbat Me
He takis the knichtis in to the field Enarmit under helm and scheild; Victor he is at all mellie:— Timor Mortis conturbat me. … He spairis no lord for his piscence, Na clerk for his intelligence; His awful straik may … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Film, Literature, Mythology, Psychology, Sex, Spirtual Practice, Televsion
Hedwig & Love in Words “Favored by God”
The image is that of St. Hedwig the patroness of orphans and abandoned children. A religious order under her patronage serves them. More about her in a minute. The film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, discussed by my friend Michael … Continue reading
Filed under Comedy, Film, Music, Mythology, Spirtual Practice
The Other Half
Hedwig and the Angry Inch has long been one of my favorite films, and this essay on Pop Theology does a very good job of articulating some of why. As Richard Lindsay writes there, the story of Hedwig is about … Continue reading
Filed under Film, Music, Mythology, Psychology, Spirtual Practice
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
V For Vendetta is not a very old movie — 2005 — but it’s showing early signs of becoming a classic, at least in my DVD player. I watched it last night to commemorate the date that the film itself … Continue reading
Filed under Dexter, Ethics, Film, Mythology, Psychology, Science Fiction
Wild Things
Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” says parents who are worried about the scariness of the monsters in the new film based on his book, can “go to hell.” Hooray, I say. Children — and adults — … Continue reading
Filed under Film, Literature, Psychology
G.R.
Michael
