More Than One Lesson

St. Francis is attributed with saying, “Preach the gospel always, and if necessary, use words.” Taking this maxim to a literal conclusion is a new film by Sharon Wilharm called The Good Book, which professes to be the world’s first evangelical silent feature film.

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In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss the 2005 Best Picture winner, Crash.

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, winner of Best Picture for 2006.

Will Gray’s film Broke* is now available via SnagFilms.  You can watch it below.

Rarely have I rooted for a film to be effective as much as I did for Jacob Kindberg’s Sing Over Me, an intimate portrait of Christian singer/songwriter Dennis Jernigen and his lifelong struggle with homosexuality. Aware of the controversy of the subject, I was excited for a film that would address the issue from within the heart of the struggle, hopefully providing unflinching honesty, unique insight, and brave message of hope.

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by Nathan Potter to discuss Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, as well as John Ford’s The Searchers.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN

00:00:44- Intro, episode 100
00:05:20- No Country for Old Men minisode
00:06:12- Donations
00:07:10- Wondercon meetup
00:07:45- Faithflix interview
00:08:45- Nathan Potter
00:12:05- Noah
01:40:30- The Searchers
01:53:25- Episode wrap-up

RELIGULOUS (2008)
Directed by: Larry Charles
Starring: Bill Maher

Two things I should say from the outset. First, I am a Christian. Second, I did not like the film Religulous. I recently told this to an atheist acquaintance of mine and he suggested that that reason I didn’t care for this unabashedly anti-religious film was because I was “in denial of the central premise.”

An interesting point. On some level, he’s right. As a Christian, there were several things I did not like about this movie. I felt both misrepresented and insulted; always a frustrating combination. However, as angry as I was as a Christian, I was absolutely livid as a film critic.

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W. (2008)
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Written by: Stanley Weiser
Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Geoffrey Wright

There is a haunting scene in Oliver Stone’s W. in which President George W. Bush is asked by a reporter what mistakes he has made during his presidency and what he has learned from said mistakes.  Bush chuckles to himself and states that he knows he’s made all kinds of mistakes.  He then, with the eyes of the press squarely on him, proceeds to rack his brain to think of what he has learned.  The scene ends with him simply choosing not to answer the question.  He then storms out of the press room, cursing the reporter for asking such a question.

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Tyler was recently included in the panel on faith and film, which took place at the Mountaineer Short Film Festival in Morgantown, West Virginia.  You can listen to it below.