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The top five "faith-based" films of 2023
The nitpicker's guide to Journey to Bethlehem – part two
The Book of Clarence round-up: new music video, new TV spot, new interviews
Which Bible movies are getting the most views on Netflix?
The nitpicker's guide to Journey to Bethlehem – part one
Newsbites: Clarence! Prince of Egypt! Kingdom Story! Celestials! Omens!
Watch: The trailer for The Chosen Season 4
Box office: Wonka, Poor Things, and Christmas with The Chosen join the top ten
Watch: Shepherds and angels sing in a new clip from Journey to Bethlehem
A quick analysis of that new scene from The Chosen Season 4
Box office: Foreign, indie films dominate a top ten list with few, if any, big-studio hits
Watch: Mary meets Joseph, and Herod sings, in two new clips from Journey to Bethlehem
Review: The Shift (dir. Brock Heasley, 2023)
Talking about The Prince of Egypt: The Musical
Review: The Prince of Egypt: The Musical (dir. Scott Schwartz, 2023)
Watch: Mary and Joseph tie the knot in a new clip from Journey to Bethlehem
Journey to Bethlehem round-up: a new clip and a newer, longer soundtrack album
How many Labyrinth and Willow actors have also been in Bible movies?
Watch: The first full trailer for The Book of Clarence
Box office: Disney's Wish falls to Napoleon over the Thanksgiving weekend
Journey to Bethlehem round-up: two new clips and a curious request for ticket-buyers
Box office: The Hunger Games prequel leads a weekend of (mostly) underperformers
Newsbites: Pageant! Hannibal! Omen! Forge!
Watch: Mary calls to God for help in a new clip from Journey to Bethlehem
A few thoughts on Journey to Bethlehem
Box office: The Marvels, Journey to Bethlehem get the holiday season off to a rocky start
Watch: It's Joseph vs Joseph in a new featurette for Journey to Bethlehem
Watch: Mary wrestles with her doubts in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Watch: Herod's son wrestles with his daddy issues in a new clip from Journey to Bethlehem
Watch: The trailer for this year's edition of Christmas with The Chosen
Talking about The Book of Clarence
The Journey to Bethlehem soundtrack is here
Freud's Last Session: the trailer and first reviews are here!
Watch: The Magi do musical comedy in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Box office: Five Nights at Freddy's gets the fans out of their houses for Halloween
Watch: The Steven Curtis Chapman music video for Journey to Bethlehem
Newsbites: The animated Bible story edition!
Watch: Lecrae on playing the angel Gabriel in Journey to Bethlehem
Box office: Scorsese, DiCaprio return to the big screen and take streaming with them
Newsbites: Scorsese! Alchemist! Testament! Etc.!
Watch: Antonio Banderas sings as King Herod in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Watch: The first trailer for The Chosen Season 4, coming to theatres early next year
Box office: Taylor Swift does her part to "save movie theatres"
Watch: Mary and Joseph angst over their future in a duet from Journey to Bethlehem
The Book of Clarence — the world premiere round-up!
When was Jesus baptized in The Chosen?
How many Exorcist actors have also been in Bible movies?
Watch: A new Journey to Bethlehem featurette focuses on the movie's donkey
Box office: The Exorcist finds fewer believers than expected
Watch: Herod's son is ready for his close-up in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Flashback: the Exorcist TV series (2016-2017)
How many Indiana Jones actors have also been in Bible movies?
Flashback: the Exorcist sequels and prequels (1977-2005)
Watch: Mary's sisters sing about marriage in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Flashback: The Exorcist (1973)
Box office: New releases Paw, Saw, Creator, Blind dominate the top five
Watch: The lead actors talk Mary and Joseph in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Box office: Expendables bombs, might lose to The Nun in the worst weekend of the year
Watch: Actors, producers discuss Journey to Bethlehem in a new featurette
Paul's letter to Philemon: who made the first copy?
Box office: It's a spooky-movie showdown as The Nun II bumps A Haunting in Venice
Watch: Earnest and jokey moments mix in the official trailer for Journey to Bethlehem
Newsbites: Scorsese's Jesus! The Shift's new trailer!
Box office: The Conjuring universe rebounds, to a point, with The Nun II
Flashback: My interviews with the creators of The Nun
Box office: Denzel Washington helps drag the summer movie season across the $4 billion line
Watch: The first trailer for The Book of Clarence
Box office: Gran Turismo challenges Barbie for the top spot
Box office: Beetle bumps Barbie with a good news, bad news opening
Newsbites: Clarence! Chosen! Way of the Wind!
Box office: Barbie breaks a couple new records while the week's only new wide release flops
Box office: A giant prehistoric shark comes between Barbie and Oppenheimer
Box office: Haunted Mansion is eerily empty, while Barbie, Oppenheimer stay strong
Box office: Original films beat the franchises in one of the biggest weekends of all time
Newsbites: Scorsese! Clarence! and more!
Is Martin Scorsese making another Jesus movie?
Newsbites: Chosen! Brian! Wingfeather! Angel!
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 8
A few quick thoughts about one scene in Mrs Davis
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 7
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 6
Interview: Emilio Estevez on immersive travel, the road as church, and The Way
How many Downton Abbey actors (and producers!) have also been in Bible movies?
Newsbites: His Only Son! The Chosen! Ordinary Angels!
Box office: Big George Foreman gets knocked out of the ring
Watch: The teaser trailer for Journey to Bethlehem
Flashback: When We Were Kings (1996)
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 5
Box office: a rare-for-2023 week with no "faith-based" movies in the top ten
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 4
Box office: Horror movies, Christian and secular alike, bump His Only Son from the top ten
Amazon Studios is adapting Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 3
Anthony Hopkins stars in another C.S. Lewis movie... but not as C.S. Lewis this time
Music for Klingons: the Jerry Goldsmith theme
Box office: His Only Son slides to 6th place in its 2nd week
His Only Son gets a new, Sarah-focused trailer going into its second weekend
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 2
Newsbites: Bethlehem! Jacob! ChosenCon!
How many Harry Potter actors have also been in Bible movies?
Box office: His Only Son cracks the top 5, while Jesus Revolution slips out of the top 10
A few brief thoughts about His Only Son
Is The Chosen going to get its own "universe"?
Abraham and the binding of Isaac at the movies
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – Chapter 1
Darren Aronofsky's Noah – a line-by-line commentary
Newsbites: Thorn! Chosen! Rising! Anniversaries!
Interview: David Helling on directing His Only Son
Box office: Jesus Revolution hangs in there in its fifth week
A few brief thoughts about John Wick: Chapter 4
Box office: Jesus Revolution crosses $45 million in its fourth week
Angel Studios launches new trailer, new theatrical division for His Only Son
Flashback: My 1998 interview with Pi director Darren Aronofsky
Transcript: My 1998 interview with Pi director Darren Aronofsky
Box office: Jesus Revolution has a decent hold in its third week
Flashback: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The annotated History of the World, Part II... part two
The annotated History of the World, Part II... part one
Box office: Jesus Revolution earns another $8.65 million in its second week
Two quick newsbites: Clarence! Jesus actors!
Review: History of the World, Part II (dir. various, 2023)
Flashback: Ten years of The Bible miniseries
How many Star Wars actors (and directors!) have also been in Bible movies?
Box office: Jesus Revolution is a "faith-based" hit
A few brief thoughts about Jesus Revolution
Adam Anders' Nativity musical now filming in Spain
Testament: The Parables Retold – first thoughts
The binding of Isaac, coming to theatres next month!
RIP Hugh Hudson, director of Chariots of Fire and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan...
Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly to voice animated movie about the fall of Jerusalem
History of the World Part II: the second trailer
Box office: The Chosen season finale cracks the top ten
Newsbites: Animated Jesus! Sci-fi Job! DeMille novel! Gladiator 2! Vespasian! Cleo!
A few brief thoughts on The Chosen Season 3: Finale
Simeon and Anna meet the Christ child in film
Cyrus the Great meets his match in... The Legend of Tomiris (2019)
Box office: Left Behind cracks the top ten
Oscar winners slipping at the box office — 2022
Oscar nominations — my own two bits, and a complete list
The Chosen – season three, episode one
Flashback: Little Darlings (1980)
The Chosen's Season 3 finale is coming to theatres next month
Mel Brooks returns to the Bible in History of the World: Part II
Rumour: Mel Gibson's sequel to The Passion might start shooting this spring
Splashing in the water, in The Chosen