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films with a spiritual flavour

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (1961, UK, Forbes)

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WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (1961, UK, Bryan Forbes) He's not your private property. Everyone can see him if they want. This Hayley Mills veh...

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000, USA, Coen)

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O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000, US, Joel & Ethan Coen) “Well that's it boys, I been redeemed! The preacher done warshed away al...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

LES MISERABLES (1998, UK/Germany/USA, August)

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LES MISERABLES (1998, UK/Germany/USA, Bille August) You no longer belong to evil. With this silver I've bought your soul. I've ran...
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LES MISERABLES DU VINGTIEME SIECLE (1995, France, LeLouche)

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LES MISERABLES DU VINGTIEME SIECLE (1995, France, Claud LeLouche) In the history of the world, only two or three stories keep recurring fo...
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Monday, June 08, 2009

June 12-15: Touched By Tibet

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Graham Peat, owner of Soul Food's beloved Videomatica , sends us this... Dear friends; I invite you to attend the 2nd Touched by Tibet ...
Friday, June 05, 2009

Anthony Lane on TERMINATOR: SALVATION

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"If you arrived late for TERMINATOR: SALVATION and missed the name of the director, at what moment would you realize you were not watch...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

FIELD OF DREAMS (USA, 1989, Robinson)

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FIELD OF DREAMS (USA, 1989, Phil Alden Robinson, W.P. Kinsella novel) Is this heaven? It’s Iowa. I coulda sworn it was heaven. Late in my wo...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Bahrani vs Dardennes

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My second contribution to Filmwell is now up. Notes on the Dardenne retrospective at Lincoln Centre, NYC, with lots of links to things Dard...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

L'Argent (1983, France, Robert Bresson)

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"There is much to savor in The Late Film , a BAM series of movies made toward the close—or the climax—of their directors’ careers. Of a...

Leon Morin, Priest (1961, France, Jean-Pierre Melville)

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"Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1961 drama, based on a novel by BĂ©atrix Beck, is a strange hybrid and one of the most peculiarly mutilated film...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

NOW PLAYING: Big Screens

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A few things that may have some Soul Food content... FIERCE LIGHT: WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION is at the Fifth Avenue, filmmaker Velcrow Ripper...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Filmwell: Loose Canon

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Last week I told you about Filmwell, a new film site involving Jeffrey Overstreet and some other of my favourite film/faith writers. This we...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Scenes From A Parish (and Filmwell)

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Soul Food Movies friend Jeffrey Overstreet called to let me know about Filmwell , a movie site featuring writers Mike Hertenstein ( Flickeri...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Fierce Light opens this week in Vancouver

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Off the top of my head, Velcrow Ripper is a Vancouver filmmaker who travels the world making documentaries about spiritual stuff. SCARED SAC...

"Is Anybody There?" opens this week

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I've not seen this, but judging from the descriptions, it's maybe a thematic companion piece to SUNSHINE CLEANING? "Set in 1980...
Thursday, May 07, 2009

WISE BLOOD (1979, USA, John Huston)

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WISE BLOOD (1979, USA, John Huston, Benedict & Michael Fitzgerald from Flannery O'Connor novel) "That belief in Christ is to so...
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Monday, May 04, 2009

May 6-10: TROUBLE THE WATER at Cinematheque

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haven't time to dig into it right now, but wanted you to know about TROUBLE THE WATER before it's gone. seems to me there's a go...
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May 8: Egoyan's ADORATION opens in Vancouver

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A PSA From E1 Entertainment Canada   ADORATION  opens May 8: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 2008 Ca...
Sunday, May 03, 2009

34 Films I DO Want To See Before i Die

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After messing around with the new edition of Steven Jay Schneider's " 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die ," I started com...
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Chesterton, "Stage, Screen, and History"

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"The second fact to remember is a certain privilege almost analogous to monopoly, which belongs of necessity to things like the theatre...
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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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