63 years ago now, The Robe broke new ground by being the first film to be shot in a widescreen aspect ratio. Whilst the makers of Risen don't quite share that ambition, they have made a film which...
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This Man Went to the Risen Preview. What He Heard Will Astound You.
...or maybe not. But in any case last week I got the chance to go to Rome. For a special preview screening of Risen. The opportunity came my way thanks to my friend Peter Chattaway so we agreed I'd...
Rabu, 03 Februari 2016
Der Galiläer (1921)
Of all the silent Jesus films that I have reviewed for this blog Der Galiläer is the most wonderfully composed; it is also the one that most unmistakably reflects the anti-Semitism that was rife in...
Senin, 01 Februari 2016
Bellucci: From Malèna to Magdalena
Whilst the path the film treads is not unpredictable, you might want to look away if you've not seen it as I'm going to give away a few key spoilers.As I'm heading to Roman this week, I watched the...
Senin, 25 Januari 2016
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
It's fair to say that when DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg began dreaming up his new studio with his partners David Geffen and Steven Spielberg he would probably have been shocked to know his studio...
Senin, 18 Januari 2016
The Wolf of Wall Street vs Last Temptation of Christ
I finally managed to catch up with Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street last night and as I'm also preparing a talk on his Last Temptation of Christ I was looking out for similarities between Wolf...
Sabtu, 02 Januari 2016
La Genèse (1999)
One of the things that is most powerful about studying the Bible on film is the way it forces you to look at the biblical texts through another's eyes. It enables us to see our blind spots and to catch...
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