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In Praise of Slow Opinions
Come on, guys.
The Sympathetic Doomsday Cult Leader
'Afflict the comfortable, and comfort the afflicted,' says indie director Joshua Overbay.
Sundance Diary - Day 6: 'Don Verdean' and 'Digging for Fire'
Greeting all the groups exploring religion and film, and a movie about marriage.
Sundance Diary - Day 5: 'True Story,' 'Prophet's Prey,' and 'Listen to Me Marlon'
Playing cat-and-mouse with a serial killer, a dangerous polygamous cult, and Marlon Brando, in his own words.
Sundance Diary - Day 4: 'Mistress America' and 'Last Days in the Desert'
A screwball comedy about what we want and a small drama about Jesus.
Sundance Diary - Day 3: 'The End of the Tour,' 'I Am Michael,' and 'Mississippi Grind'
Buddy road trips proliferate, plus a true story about an ex-gay pastor.
Sundance Diary - Day 2: 'A Walk in the Woods,' 'Best of Enemies,' and 'The Witch'
Prepare to wander the Appalachian Trail, begin the slow decline of political media coverage, and get properly frightened in the woods.
Sundance Diary - Day 1: Film Critic Twitter and 'What Happened, Miss Simone'
Welcome to Park City. Where's my orientation packet?
Ewan McGregor and Rodrigo Garcia On Jesus, Satan, and 'Last Days in the Desert'
Our exclusive interview with the star and director of the hotly-anticipated Sundance feature.
Is It God, or Is It Us?
We talked about God a lot this year in pop culture, but not the same way.
Evil Is a True Thing
This year, the stories we told ourselves often explored the origins of evil, with surprising answers.
He Said, She Said
Memory and its link to justice were a hot topic for 2014's pop culture.
Pop Culture Gets Religion
Introducing a series on what captivated us in 2014.
Can Our Art Deal With Our World?
There's more of it than ever before, and part of the problem is ours.
Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton on Reading the Bible, Making a Modern 'Exodus'
The actors talked with CT about the new epic film.
Thanks For the Shibboleth
It's a 'West Wing' episode worth revisiting on Thanksgiving.
Why 'The Hunger Games' Is About Racism
And why it may give us a way to talk about what that means today.
What 'Rosewater' Says About Principled Pluralism
Religious conviction, untempered by dissent, can harden into oppressive ideology.
Absolutely, 'Interstellar' Is a (r)eligious Movie
And that's across all its dimensions.
Lessons from the Church of Satan
The films they recommend aren't about Satan, for starters.
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