Les Pantalon de l'Homme

Erik February 25th, 2008

I went to bed early and missed the 80th Academy Awards last night. Honestly, I just didn't care. I've been much more emotionally invested in years past, but this time there weren't any movies or actors I was really rooting for.

It's not like last year when my favorite foreign film of all time, Les Pantalon de l'Homme was in the running. What a masterpiece! It deserved all 6 of the Oscars it was awarded. Now that was a magical night.

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Through a Screen Darkly (Re-Air)

Erik February 22nd, 2008

With Steve out of town and the Oscars coming up this Sunday, radio stations across the country will be re-airing the previously broadcast episode of SBE with Jeffrey Overstreet, author of Through a Screen Darkly: Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth and Evil in the Movies. Listen using one of the options below.

Overstreet hopes to, "help moviegoers develop the ability to explore the stories of popular culture, highlighting what is excellent and identifying what is flawed or indulgent, in order … (Read More)

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Children of Men (2006)

Watching Theology October 23rd, 2007

[NOTE: Explicit Content] Since Huxley's Brave New World, novels and films have flowed with a bleak view of the not-too-distant future. Alfonso Cuaron's adaptation of P.D. James' Children of Men doesn't depart too far from this perspective. But it does offer some new thoughts to the genre. Join us as we look at what the film says about the basics of human sexuality and the idea of a world without a future.

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Forbidden Planet (1956)

Watching Theology October 15th, 2007

1950's science fiction is a wonderful place for finding heavy-handed propaganda. The stories are often parables and metaphors with shiny gadgets and planet-size catastrophes. 1956's Forbidden Planet is an example of great moral lessons buried in the luster of special effects and lasers. Forbidden Planet also has the distinction of being the finest blending of Shakespeare and Freud ever put onto celluloid. So join us as we travel back fifty years and explore the secrets of the id.

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Gareth Higgins (Pt-2) - How Movies Helped Save My Soul

Erik October 11th, 2007

This week on The Brown Sessions, it's part 2 of our discussion with Gareth Higgins, author of How Movies Helped Save My Soul. Topics include the power of the visual, art & propaganda, and a discussion of The Matrix and The Passion.

If you missed part 1 of this interview, click here to listen. It was top notch.

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his b … (Read More)

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Gareth Higgins (Pt-1) - How Movies Helped Save My Soul

Erik October 4th, 2007

Gareth Higgins wrote a book called How Movies Helped Save My Soul. This week on The Brown Sessions, Steve and I talked to him about it. It's some of the most insightful and entertaining shtuff on faith and film ever recorded (in our studio).

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland (remember Zero 28?). He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his blog and podcast, FilmTalk.

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