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What is our vocation? What are each of us called to do? With great questions comes great confusion, doubt, and maturity.
03/26/2026

What is our vocation? What are each of us called to do? With great questions comes great confusion, doubt, and maturity.

25Mar 13 Movies—Christ and the Christian #4: Spider-Man 2 Posted by: mark Categories: 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian Moviemakers Movies No comments (This essay contains spoilers) Spider-Man 2 is the best superhero film ever made. I’m willing to entertain other challengers, but if I were on ...

The third director in my Journeyman series is Curtis Hanson.
02/26/2026

The third director in my Journeyman series is Curtis Hanson.

26Feb The Journeymen—13 Directors #3: Curtis Hanson Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The Journeymen No comments What makes a great director? Is it someone with a singular aesthetic vision, like Ridley Scott’s early emphasis on backlighting or, to hit the other end of the spectrum, ...

Patrice Leconte is the best French filmmaker most people haven't experienced. He's not really a journeyman, neither—he w...
01/28/2026

Patrice Leconte is the best French filmmaker most people haven't experienced. He's not really a journeyman, neither—he writes most of his screenplays. My bad.

27Jan The Journeymen—13 Directors #2: Patrice Leconte Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The Journeymen No comments This month’s “The Journeymen” article is only #2 in the series, and it appears I’ve already strayed off the path. That’s because Patrice Leconte in no way fits ...

One thing I absolutely loved about this film is it takes Christ, Christianity, and the Church very seriously. That makes...
01/01/2026

One thing I absolutely loved about this film is it takes Christ, Christianity, and the Church very seriously. That makes this a serious (and seriously fun) film.

1Jan 13 Movies—Christ and the Christian #3: Wake Up, Dead Man Posted by: mark Categories: 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian Moviemakers Movies No comments In my intro to this series, I posited that the Christian movie industry exists in part to give American Christians something they don’t oft...

I have great affection for directors who don't have a "brand." Another 13 list begins with Rob Reiner.
12/21/2025

I have great affection for directors who don't have a "brand." Another 13 list begins with Rob Reiner.

20Dec The Journeymen—13 Directors #1: Rob Reiner Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The Journeymen No comments I have a lot of “13 Films” list ideas. One is a tribute to 13 directors I admire but who don’t get a lot of scholarly love. This is because their body of work doesn’t ...

The second non-Christian Christian movie.
12/20/2025

The second non-Christian Christian movie.

20Dec 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian #2: Children of Men Posted by: mark Categories: 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian Moviemakers Movies No comments The Holy Ghost haunts no one like the 20th century English writer. This robust literary tradition has given us J. R. R. Tolkein (Catholic), Eve...

I'm always struck by how mature and un-facile Chariots of Fire is. It demands multiple viewings. My first entry in my 13...
10/27/2025

I'm always struck by how mature and un-facile Chariots of Fire is. It demands multiple viewings. My first entry in my 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian essay series.

26Oct 13 Movies—Christ and the Christian #1: Chariots of Fire Posted by: mark Categories: 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian Moviemakers Movies No comments I’m going to kick things off with Chariots of Fire. The reason is simple. This film not only clearly demonstrates a muscular, unwavering fa...

My next 13 movies series coming up.
09/04/2025

My next 13 movies series coming up.

3Sep 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian (no Christian movies allowed) Posted by: mark Categories: 13 Movies: Christ and the Christian No comments Maybe I’m a snob, but I don’t like Christian movies. By that I mean I don’t care for movies specifically made for a Christian audience, even though...

The 13th and final film in my 1990s series is one of my all-time favorites—and my nominee for Great American Movie.
06/16/2025

The 13th and final film in my 1990s series is one of my all-time favorites—and my nominee for Great American Movie.

15Jun Lone Star (1996) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The 1990s No comments Lone Star is the Great American Movie. Oh, I know I nominated a number of films for this title (It’s a Wonderful Life, Sullivan’s Travels, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, October Sky, Malcolm X, Daught...

The first Dogme 95 film is no film—it was shot on beautiful 720i mini DV.
04/21/2025

The first Dogme 95 film is no film—it was shot on beautiful 720i mini DV.

21Apr The Celebration (1998) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The 1990s No comments The Celebration (Festen is its original Danish title) encapsulates the dizzying innovation and creativity the 1990s afforded the independent filmmaker. Thomas Vinterberg and his crew shot the feature on...

A great American film tells the story of great Americans, in this case Mississippi sharecroppers in the years before the...
03/25/2025

A great American film tells the story of great Americans, in this case Mississippi sharecroppers in the years before the Civil Rights era.

24Mar Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored (1995) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The 1990s No comments What is the Great American Film? Citizen Kane? Ben Hur? Oppenheimer? These are movies about great men, but I would argue a Great American Film should celebrate great Americans. ...

The Limey is not just about memory. It's a film about film noir itself. #10 in my 13 Films of the 1990s.
02/22/2025

The Limey is not just about memory. It's a film about film noir itself. #10 in my 13 Films of the 1990s.

22Feb The Limey (1999) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments I don’t have a favorite movie genre. I love dramas, historical epics, comedies, action, martial arts, romcoms, mysteries, meta-films, gangster movies, slice-of-life indies, films plumbing the meaning of existence, an...

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