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Meaningful Movie Lines:

Movie Lines that Intersect the Spiritual Dimension
MORE Movie Lines that Intersect the Spiritual Dimension
Movie Lines with Meaning
Movie Lines with MORE Meaning
Even MORE Movie Lines that Intersect the Spiritual Dimension





A Summer of Movie-Discussion Nights:

Part 1: "The Truman Show"
Part 2: "Titanic"
Part 3: "The Wizard of Oz"
Part 4: "Sense and Sensibility"
Part 5: Lectio Divina and "The Hurricane"



Noteworthy Essays:

Finding God on the Big Screen
Looking Closer: How movies reveal the human heart
The Rat Race, Art, and the Inner Life
No Typical Answers: Toward A Holistic Work in Theology and Film
Our Favorite Intelligent Comedies
"Be nice" (and other movie wisdom)
Editorial: Food for thought
What to Watch When Life Hurts
The Hidden Dangers of the Cinema
Carl Theodor Dreyer's "Ordet"
Beauty and Brutality: An Introductory Look at Japanese Cinema
Woody 101: How to start loving or hating Woody Allen
Christ figures are found in the strangest places
Peter Weir and the Theme of Salvation




Star Wars:

Episode I anticipation
Episode I opening night
Episode I review
Star Wars and truth
The toys
"Starwoids" documentary
Episode II (Lansingh)
Episode II (Diaz)
Episode III (Lansingh)
Episode III (Miller)
Episode III (Meldrum)



The Matrix:

The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded (Bean)
The Matrix Reloaded (Freeman)
The Matrix Reloaded (Lansingh)
The Matrix Revolutions
Lord of the Rings and the Matrix
The Matrix and philosophy





The Decalogue:

The Overview
Parts I and II
Parts III and IV
Parts V and VI



Year's Best Lists:

The Best Movies of '97
Five Movies that Made My Year (1998)
Ten Movies That Made My Year (1999)
My Favorite Movies of '99 (Prins)
Ten Movies that Made My Year (2000)
Roger Thomas' Top Ten Films of 2002
The Un-Top 10 List: 2003
The 10 Worst Films of All Time



Oscar Winners:

Gentleman's Agreement
Ben-Hur
The Apartment
Schindler's List
Titanic (Burton)
Titanic (Lansingh)
American Beauty
Gladiator (Lansingh)
Gladiator (Reynolds)
A Beautiful Mind
Chicago
The Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby

Documentaries:
Bowling for Columbine (Caldwell)
Bowling for Columbine (Lansingh)
Born into Brothels

Foreign Language:
Rashomon
Babette's Feast
Life is Beautiful
All About My Mother
Nowhere in Africa
The Sea Inside







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