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The Old Stories: Moses – episode one

Notes on the House of David spin-off's narrative structure, visual style, historical setting, and use of Exodus. Also: how two Moses movies made 30…

May 16 • Peter T Chattaway

Watch: Ben Kingsley plays Moses — again! — in a prequel to House of David

The Old Stories: Moses will premiere on Prime Video's Wonder Project channel this spring.

Mar 25 • Peter T Chattaway

Newsbites: Resurrection budget! FKA Twigs on Mary! Ruth & Boaz top ten update!

The two-part follow-up to The Passion of the Christ could be the most expensive Bible-movie project ever.

Oct 22, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

The Covenant — parts 11 & 12

Exodus 3-7, 11-12 — God Calls Moses + God Promises Deliverance

Sep 3, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Bible movies on Netflix: the first-half-of-2024 viewership stats

For the first time since Netflix started releasing its semi-annual viewership data, the top Bible movie and the top Bible TV series were both about…

Sep 25, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

How many Alien actors have also been in Bible movies?

The list includes Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Lance Henriksen, Dan Hedaya, Ewen Bremner, Sean Harris, Colin Salmon, and…

Aug 16, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Flashback: Close-ups on non-human faces in Ridley Scott's Alien

The recurring motif ties into the film's blurring of the lines between human, animal, and machine.

Aug 16, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Newsbites: Covenant! Noah! Godspell! Chosen!

A word-for-word Old Testament movie, Noah rises up the Netflix charts, Judd Apatow produces a Godspell documentary, and The Chosen comes back to…

Mar 21, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Flashback: The Passion of the Christ turns 20

A look back at over two decades of my writing about this controversial film – plus some other Bible films that have major anniversaries coming up this…

Feb 25, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

An Animated Moses: The Prince of Egypt

A detailed look at the making, and meaning, of the Bible film at the heart of one of the most revolutionary decades in the history of animation.

Dec 16, 2022 • Peter T Chattaway

Interview: The Red Tent director Roger Young on bringing humanity to Bible stories, the four kinds of love in his new miniseries, and…

The filmmaker — whose credits include TV-movies about Joseph, Moses, Solomon, Jesus, Barabbas, and Paul — talks about making a second version of the…

Dec 5, 2014 • Peter T Chattaway

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