soul food movies

There are those who consider The Brothers Karamazov the great Christian novel. This looks like an interesting treatment... THE KARAMAZOVS ...

I hereby officially declare the next seven days the Soul Food International Film Festival. (Well, maybe not so official. It only just occur...

Jeffrey O told us to see SERAPHINE, but he insisted we see MUNYURANGABO, his favourite film of the year. And guess what: it's playing ...

Jeff Overstreet said to see Seraphine , sounds like a candidate for Soul Food flick of the year. It's at Videomatica and other local sh...

Watching the Coens latest, I thought it would be a fine double feature with CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS - or a triple-bill with the big screen v...

THE RAPTURE (1991, USA) Rapture (rap' chur) 1. ecstatic joy or delight. 2. a state of extreme sexual ecstasy. 3. the feeling of being tr...

Starting November 10, all Criterion Collection titles will be 50% off the list price at Barnes & Noble, both in stores and online. This ...

THE MIRROR (Zerkalo) USSR | 1974 | Andrei Tarkovsky 35mm PRINT! Pacific Cinematheque Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 7:15pm Wednesday, Novembe...

Lloyd C. Douglas was a pastor at a series of Lutheran, Congregational and United churches before starting a prolific writing career at the a...

1. What is that quote at the start of the film? From a non-Jewish source? How does it shed light on the Jewish world of the film? Specifical...

THE BIG LEBOWSKI tonight only at the VanCity, 7:30. Carol, Max, K W 2009: the year of the Amazing Kids' Movie? I just saw WHERE THE WIL...

Excerpted from LUCKY MAN: Horton Foote's three acts by John Lahr The New Yorker , October 26, 2009 "If a poet knows more about a ho...

In my new post at Filmwell , I get snarky about television...

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , October 12 2009 The new Ricky Gervais film, THE INVENTION OF LYING, postulates a world in which no one has ev...

Quick note about three Soul Food-ish titles playing this week. YOU, THE LIVING is at Pacific Cinematheque Thursday night only, 7:30. More ...

Marvelous post at My Modern Met blog, featuring new posters for well-known films created by a number of graphic artists, in a retro / moder...

I don't think the first decade of the new millennium actually ends until 2010 is over, does it? But people are starting to tally their ...

The White Ribbon ["Das Weisse Band"] (Austria , Germany , France, Italy, 2009, 144 mins, 35mm) Mon, Oct 12th 9:00pm | Empire Granv...

Letters to Father Jacob [Finland] Thu, Oct 15th 6:20pm Empire Granville 7 A simple but transcendent story about faith and human frailty ach...

From The Front Row , Richard Brody's New Yorker movie blog... "Macy Halford worries that religious conservatives in America are get...