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Redeeming Pontius Pilate: The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Arnold Schwarzenegger | © Skydance Pictures
On May 20, 2026, OpenAI announced that one of its models had solved the unit distance problem. Or rather, according to the Wall Street Journal, it disproved the current working theory—something t...
The Tripartite Soul and the Temple of Doom
Early in C.S. Lewis’ novel Perelandra, the heroic academic-turned-space traveler Elwin Ransom sets foot on the planet Venus and is struck by “the sensation not of following an adventure but of enacting a myth.” That turn of phrase neatly ca...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Introduction
What makes a film, or anything for that matter, good? Perhaps I should answer that in a different way, since the word “good” in the English language has two broad but distinct definitions – the first moral, the second bene...
The French Dispatch: Moses, Supposedly
Towards the conclusion of ‘The Concrete Masterpiece,’ the first major story in Wes Anderson’s anthology film The French Dispatch, Adrien Brody’s art patron character Julian Cadazio cradles the head of Benicio Del Toro’s tortured artist Mose...
Moulin Rouge! and the Jukebox Gospel
Can I make a confession that might have my composer card revoked? I didn’t realize the songs in Moulin Rouge! were pop music for an embarrassing amount of its runtime. In the time since, it’s become one of my all time favorite films and I r...
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Academic yet accessible film reviews from a classical Christian perspective...
Christian Jessup is a filmmaker and critic whose unique perspective to film evaluation explores the intersection of faith and cinema. A member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association, he is also an award-winning composer for over 20 films.
Lover of goodness, truth, and especially beauty. 'riguarda qual son io'
Robert Brown is a Ph.D. student studying American literature at Baylor University. On the side, he writes about theology and culture and especially film. His writing and other projects can be found at robertbrownpresents.com.
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