soul food movies

films with a spiritual flavour

Saturday, February 26, 2011

kurosawa + truffaut | looking + seeing

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To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. Akira Kurosawa I realize that it's presumptuous to write about a film one has only...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

feb 27 | doctor zhivago | cineplex classic films

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Doctor Zhivago (1965) "A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution" Directed by: David Lean Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Ale...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

for the record | anthony lane on blue valentine

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No particular Soul Food angle on the one. Just a superb review of one of my favourite recent films. COUPLE TROUBLE review by Anthony Lane...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

127 hours | 'very much a spiritual experience'

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This Guardian article about the real-life Aron Ralston provides an interesting side-note to 127 Hours . Where Ralston is radically differ...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Watching for... DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (Whit Stillman)

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"Whit Stillman's new 'college comedy' is called Damsels in Distress , has musical numbers, and stars Greta Gerwig. Shootin...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

feb 25 - mar 3 | tokyo story | cinematheque

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There's a brand new print of Ozu's masterful Tokyo Story at Pacific Cinematheque later this month. It is one of only forty films to...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

feb 16 & 27 | doctor zhivago | cineplex classic films

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Doctor Zhivago (1965) "A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution" Directed by: David Lean Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Ale...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Watching for... CORIOLANUS

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Ralph Fiennes takes Coriolanus to Berlin film festival Modern-day interpretation of 17th-century tale is sole British production in compe...

Watching for... THE BURIAL (Terrence Malick)

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"Oklahoma native son Terrence Malick wrapped shooting on The Burial in hometown Bartlesville, Tulsa, and Pawhuska. Ben Affleck and Ol...
Monday, February 07, 2011

TRUE GRIT | Cathleen Falsani

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A look at True Grit , and thoughts about similarities between Rooster Cogburn and The Dude, led to Cathleen Falsani's essay on The Big L...
Sunday, February 06, 2011

New to DVD... NOWHERE BOY

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Not a Soul Food movie per se, just one I liked a lot. Story of John Lennon before he and his mates headed off for Hamburg. Very smart scree...

faith at sundance | HIGHER GROUND, THE LEDGE

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Disappointing to see that even the two most "faith-positive" films at Sundance still sound much closer to the skeptical than the a...
Saturday, February 05, 2011

feb 15 + 19 | to kill a mockingbird

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cineplex classic film series
Friday, February 04, 2011

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Reconsidered

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Here's a quirky piece I stumbled upon when scanning the internet a year ago, looking for "Best Of The Decade" reflections. It ...
Thursday, February 03, 2011

Feb 21 | FALLEN ANGEL screening

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The Larry Norman documentary Fallen Angel will be screening Feb 21 at Grace Point Church in Surrey, with live music by Randy Stonehill and...

The Dude Abides: Cathleen Falsani on THE BIG LEBOWSKI

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Jeff Bridges is a marvel in True Grit , the Coen Brothers latest - which as Steven Gredanus points out comes with a surprising percentage o...
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Now onscreen... THE WAY BACK (Peter Weir)

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Peter Weir is one of my great favourite directors. The Year Of Living Dangerously is a Top Twenty film for me and, along with The Last Wav...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Watching for... LOURDES (2009, Austria/France/Germany)

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"What is healing? Who is worthy of it, and why? Do miracles still happen outside of anomalies in science and nature? Does God exist, f...
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Watching for... FORBIDDEN FRUIT (2009, Finland/Sweden)

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This one is new to me. An Arts & Faith buddy who goes by the screen name "Persona" (must love Bergman) (which sounds like high...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Watching For... SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS (2010, Canada)

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Look what Soul Foodie Santosh Ninan has turned up... Small Town Murder Songs A modern gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging...
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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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