?Mama, what are you thinking about??? ?Tomorrow.? Mia Madre was the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes in 2015. Ecumenical Juries often focus on finding stories of the human condition that speak to the spiritual needs that are common to us all. That...
At the recent Variety PURPOSE Family Entertainment and Faith-Based Summit held in Beverly Hills, the question about what constitutes faith-based entertainment came up in various ways. The following are gleanings from two different panels in which the topic came up....
?There really is only one essential ingredient to fascism?victimhood.? This political season seems fraught with warnings of fascism and racially charged rhetoric. Campaigns have often used fear and xenophobia as foundations. ?Black Lives Matter?, ?Blue Lives Matter?,...
Heroism. Patriotism. Futility. Is it possible to celebrate the two virtues and still recognize that sometimes the end result may seem a bit tarnished? Anthropoid tells the story (based on actual events) of Czech patriots in World War II who act courageously, yet in...
?Just because you don?t see something doesn?t mean it?s not there.? ?Just because you say it?s true doesn?t mean it is.? Pete?s Dragon really isn?t a remake of the 1977 Disney live action/animation musical. Disney is calling it a reimagining of the story. The only...
One session at the recent Variety PURPOSE Family Entertainment and Faith-Based Summit featured some of the faith-based projects that are in various stages of development. It began with a clip from The Preachers, which recently had a three week test run on the Fox...
At the Variety PURPOSE Family Entertainment and Faith-Based Summit, one of the panels of industry people discussed ?Creative Trendsetters?. That panel, moderated by Malina Saval of Variety, included Reza Aslan, Producer of Believer, Of Kings and Prophets, and The...
In a somewhat benign dystopia (The City) all people who are not in a relationship must go to a resort for single people. They have forty-five days to fall in love and become a couple, or they will be transformed into an animal. Yorgos Lanthimos (previous film:...
?We are defined by our actions, not our words.? What does it mean to be a good parent? Is it doing what you can so the child is ready for the world? What if you think society is by and large a failure? Can you teach your children to be ?philosopher kings? by stepping...