One should never review a book they have yet to read–as I tell my students, that’s immoral. Of course, my students don’t care and I like to fail them anyway, so no loss. This, however, is not a review; it’s just my inability to get beyond an endorsement of a book I was once interested […]
In one of the most astonishing passages in the book of Genesis, in the book’s second creation narrative, the Lord God is depicted as a gardener, out for a leisurely evening stroll in the garden he has just made, clearly pleased with his creation. In fact, there is almost a sense in the text that […]
Will Osterweil has posted a description of a New Film Criticism over at The New Inquiry. It is full of such doozies as: “For most major film releases, marketing costs a quarter to a third of the production budget; this money goes to establishing a film’s ubiquity and “cultural relevance” while masking its inadequacies, inviting critics […]
This is the third review from Filmwell’s guest contributor Lauren Wilford, who blogs at Midas and the Movies. We are pleased to announce that Wilford has agreed to join the Filmwell team as a regular contributor, so you will see more of her reviews in the coming months. • The advertising campaign for Disney’s new Winnie […]
The first impulse while watching Submarine is to start thinking about Wes Anderson. It soon becomes clear that this analogy doesn’t quite fit, so you move onto Hal Ashby. This fits a little bit better, but leaves too much wiggle room, so you start thinking about Truffaut. When the san-serifed intertitles, freeze-frames, and Anna Karina […]
Among the slogans of the recent food movement is the admonition, “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food.” This slogan makes a surprising assumption: that the eaters being addressed don’t know what their food is. You can imagine this shift in consciousness and may have undergone it yourself—while considering your Hostess cupcake or energy drink, you […]
“Find God’s Match For You” (insert TM symbol, please–it’s very important to trademark God’s will). That’s what christianmingle.com claims to do for you. For a not-so-insignificant amount of money, these godly people (located out of the pious woods of Beverly Hills, CA) can help you find the person God wants you to have sex with […]
Tony Jones is an ecclesiologist. He blogs and serves as the theologian in residence at Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis. His second book on the ECM drops in August, 2011: The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement. It turns out that David Fitch is disappointed with the Emergent/ing/ence Church Movement […]
The Gospel Coalition recently posted a review of Tree of Life that makes some interesting claims toward the end. I have emphasized the words that caught my attention: “Recently, philosophers have begun asking the question of whether or not film has/will become a new form of thought itself.” “If these analyses turn out to be […]