soul food movies

films with a spiritual flavour

Friday, July 25, 2008

Jul 25-30: Blindsight at VanCity

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Graham Peat at Videomatica is involved with bringing this one to Vancouver. Reading the write-ups, I'm eager to see it. BLINDSIGHT July...
Monday, July 14, 2008

The Sensation Of Sight

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I've known Buzz McLaughlin for years: we corresponded and crossed paths at several theatre conferences, I've gotten a lot of value o...
Sunday, June 08, 2008

SAVED runs Off-Broadway

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Variety : "The general trend for screen-to-stage adaptations is to make everything larger than life -- broadening the comedy, heighteni...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Master Harold films this summer

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This from Variety.com ; Danny Glover will reprise his stage role in a bigscreen adaptation of Athol Fugard's apartheid-era play "Ma...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Halliwell's Top 1000, by John Walker

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For years, Leslie Halliwell published an annual guide to film, video and DVD, in partnership with John Walker.  When Mr Halliwell died, Walk...

Ramin Bahrani's Top Ten Criterions: High Soul Food Content

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I asked to review MAN PUSH CART for Christianity Today Movies, but it was a bit too far off the beaten track for their mandate. Now that I ...

Recent Criterion release: Au Revoir, Les Enfants

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I've wanted to see this film for a long time, but haven't managed to do so. Have always been curious how the Jewish-Christian themes...
Thursday, May 08, 2008

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938, USA, Frank Capra, Robert Riskin screenplay from Kaufman & Hart stage play) YOU CAN'T TAKE IT W...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

SF Notes: Sight & Sound, Mar 2008

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Soul Food movies? Report on Sundance by Tom Charity; "The high-profile disappointments came thick and fast: Mark Pellington's egreg...
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Apr 18: Ben X

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BEN X is at the Granville 7 through May 1. Darrell Manson is a fellow FFCC writer, who was part of the Ecumenical Jury at the Montreal Film ...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

A&F 100 Nominees, 2008

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Over at the Arts & Faith discussion board back in 2004 we created a list of 100 Spiritually Significant Films. In 2005 Alan Thomas to...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Apr 23: Opening, Henry Poole Is Here

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As Soul Food Movie pal Jason points out, bit of a "Halo" vibe to this one ...
Monday, April 21, 2008

May 6 - Jun 12: Bruce Marchfelder, History Of Cinema

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Bruce Marchfelder is offering a film history course at Corpus Christi on the UBC campus, May 6 - June 12. Highly recommended. Click here fo...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Jun 5-12: SILENT LIGHT Plays VanCity!

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At last! The Carlos Reygadas film we've been awaiting for months is on its way. (Here's a link to the earlier post . SILENT LIGHT ...

THE VISITOR: New film from STATION AGENT director!

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Thomas McCarthy directed THE STATION AGENT, which is much loved around these parts.  His new film, THE VISITOR, opened in limited release Ap...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Apr 2-9: 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days

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The Palme d'Or winner is coming soon, for a one-week run at the VanCity. #12 on the Movie City News critic poll. (And hey: once I've...

Apr 11: BELLA opens in Vancouver

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People - including people closely involved with the film - have been tying this film to a strong pro life campaign, and following a PASSION ...
Sunday, March 23, 2008

NOW PLAYING: Soul Food Movies onscreen in Vancouver

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Just got back from U2 3D at the IMAX theatre downtown.  Now there's an Easter film: listened to 40 on the drive home, I've Eastered...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Funny Games: Haneke a Puritan?

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One film I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to see is Michael Haneke's new English language remake of his gruesome Europ...
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I'm an actor, writer, and director, the founding artistic director (now 'emeritus') of Vancouver's Pacific Theatre. I've got a podcast, Soul Food Ghost Light, a late-night pirate radio show where I play exactly what I want. My blogs include Date Movies (not what you think), and Oblations.
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