soul food movies

films with a spiritual flavour

Thursday, March 21, 2013

mar 30 + apr 3 | ten commandments

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

criterion 50% sale | ends tue 9am pacific time

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sale page Promo Code = FLASHY Here's a batch of Soul Food picks you might want to check out.  Many favourites here... Au Hasard...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

magdalene / silent night

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IMDb: Father Joseph Mohr, a newly appointed priest in the town of Oberndorf (near Salzburg), meets the beautiful prostitute Magdalene. He...
Friday, January 25, 2013

The Wrong Man (1956, Hitchcock, Maxwell Anderson)

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I just watched The Wrong Man. Very fine little film. My friend Doug Cummings recommended it to me years ago, in the context of my Soul Fo...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

jan 31 + 16 | vertigo

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Good choice, Cineplex. The movie that bumped Citizen Kane from top slot on the Sight & Sound once-a-decade poll, just this past summer....
Saturday, January 05, 2013

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Saturday, November 03, 2012

nov 12 | big easy express | mumford & sons

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Lots of Soul Food in Mumford & Sons.  Roll away your stone, I'll roll away mine Together we can see what we will find... Cause yo...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

the wrong man | richard brody

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Richard Brody: "In some ways, the Hitchcock film for people who don’t like Hitchcock films. The Kafkaesque nightmare of a man who...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

viff | soul food options

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Lots of nuns and priests and contemptible Evangelicals, but maybe not too much Soul Food among the Religion, Spirituality & Myth sel...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

viff | late | jason goode

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There's a day this past spring that Jason Goode won't forget. He was at the Cannes Festival showing his latest film when he got word...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

books | the ethical vision of clint eastwood

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This just in from IMAGE Update   Though he may be controversial as a political personality, there is no doubt that Clint Eastwood is a...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

viff | beyond the hills

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Could so easily be yet another "Catholic = bad" film. But the Film Comment comment suggests it's maybe more nuanced than that....

viff | virgin tales

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The "just enough rope to hang themselves" inclines one to think this won't be exactly the "objective and measured examina...

viff | apparition

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Seems likely not to be Soul Food ("Sandoval is less interested in questions of faith than in the issue of good governance" - ooh, ...

viff | jesus hospital

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Jesus Hospital (South Korea, 2012, 91 mins, HDCAM) Oct 03 09:30 pm Granville 1 Oct 05 03:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque Remember Whan...

viff | consuming spirits

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It's not immediately apparent why this film is listed among the festival's Religion, Spirituality & Myth heading, but...  I'...
Monday, September 17, 2012

red hook summer

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"Spike Lee’s new Brooklyn-set film, “Red Hook Summer,” which is about a boy from Atlanta who spends the hot months with his grandfat...
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

sep 19 | william kurelek | the maze | cinematheque

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William Kurelek was a Canadian painter whose Christian faith survived severe childhood trauma and resulting mental illness. His Northern Nat...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

viff 2012 | beyond the hills

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from Cannes... BEYOND THE HILLS (După dealuri) Romania/France/Belgium | Dir: Cristian Mungiu A nun is torn between her devotion...
Friday, August 17, 2012

living pictures passion play

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Lancashire workers enjoy the ‘wakes week’ holiday in this early film from travelling filmmakers Mitchell & Kenyon. This short film wa...
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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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