You don’t lose your faith all at once. You lose it as a series of small concessions and releases, a string of low-casualty surrenders. With each piece… Read more “A Review of Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans”
Category: NF Reviews
A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson
Over half a century after her untimely death at age thirty-six Marilyn Monroe still captivates screen audiences and intrigues the curious. Who – and what – was… Read more “A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson”
Roger Ebert, Teacher
I own a lot of books, and I own a lot of movies. It would be hard to say which passion has owned more of me, but… Read more “Roger Ebert, Teacher”
It’s a Magical World: Exploring Calvin and Hobbes
It would be hard to overstate the influence Bill Watterson’s work had on me when I was growing up. I was too young to read Calvin and Hobbes when… Read more “It’s a Magical World: Exploring Calvin and Hobbes”
Kill Yr. Idols: A Review of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band
One of the trademarks of legendary and influential rock band Sonic Youth during their nearly three decade run was alternative guitar tunings. The band’s various guitar players… Read more “Kill Yr. Idols: A Review of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band”
The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote
“When I retired from gender, it was because I came to the realization that the gender binary was what had been failing me all along. It’s hard… Read more “The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote”
God’s Lonely Man: A Look at Tom Shone’s Martin Scorcese: A Retrospective
Few modern directors enjoy more reverential respect than Martin Scorcese. Across a five decade career he has managed to create films that span the worlds of the arthouse… Read more “God’s Lonely Man: A Look at Tom Shone’s Martin Scorcese: A Retrospective”
A Review of Tara Ison’s Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies
“Going to the movies has always been, as far back as I can remember, both an event and a way of life. … You go to the… Read more “A Review of Tara Ison’s Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies”
Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music
In 1998 I was sixteen years old, even scrawnier than I am now, and very Christian. The world of Evangelicalism in the late 1990s was a unique and insular… Read more “Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music”
Hollywood Horror and History: 2 New Books for Movie Buffs
Horror movies, particularly zombie films, are often discarded as mere entertainment, derivative pulp, or fanboy escapism. This is undoubtedly sometimes true, but just as often horror films… Read more “Hollywood Horror and History: 2 New Books for Movie Buffs”
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