One Day in The Life of Noah Piugattuk begins with a startling opening shot of an arctic morning. We see a snow covered Inuit land comprised of Igloos and sled dogs laying about. We hear the soft, quiet voice of the film’s title character reading from the bible as we cut to him inside his […]

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This is part of a religion in film series, concerning spirituality in its many forms through the cinematic lens. In this article I will be exploring Carl Theodore Dreyer’s 1928 masterpiece “The Passion of Joan of Arc”. The film chronicles the real life trial of Joan who was burned at the stake for claiming she […]

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance can be thought of as a turning point film. It depicts the waning years of the wild west, when gun toting outlaws were being driven out by the wayside in favour of a more civilized way of life. It’s a political movie and a very progressive one at that, […]

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This is part of a religion in film series, concerning spirituality in its many forms through the cinematic lens. In this article I will be exploring Monty Python’s 1979 satire “The Life of Brian”. The film was written and performed by the famed British comedy troupe and I will focus on how it uses comedy […]

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This is part of a religion in film series, concerning spirituality in its many forms through a cinematic lens. In this article, I will be exploring Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film “The Ten Commandments”, a touchstone in the historical epic of the 1950s. The film stars Charlton Heston, Yul Breynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson […]

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This is part of a Religion in Film series, concerning spirituality and its many forms through the cinematic lens. In this article, I take a deep dive into the rather obscure 1944 wartime fantasy film “Between Two Worlds” starring Paul Heinried, Eleanor Parker, and John Garfield. This was a first viewing for me and I […]

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This is part of a Religion in Film series, concerning spirituality and its many forms as told through a cinematic frame. In this article I want to focus on the idea of music as a spiritual tool as exemplified by the seminal Jonathon Demme/Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” “The band in heaven They […]

Read More Religion in Film: The Community of the Concert/ Stop Making Sense, 1984.

Since Easter is right around the corner, I wanted to present a new feature on my blog for this month, and it’s a subject that has interested me for quite a while, so much so, I wanted to see if I could do a deep dive into it. I grew up in a somewhat religious […]

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Jim: You live here don’t you? Judy: Who lives? We remember Rebel Without a Cause now because of James Dean. His Jim Stark has become synonymous with 50s cinema perhaps more than any other character. We remember the white t-shirt and red jacket he wore as the essence of 50s cool. Even if you haven’t […]

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Usually around this time of year, I say goodbye to the year that was in terms of movies. I was able to see much more films than usual this year which actually made this list of my favourite films very difficult. In fact I saw so many great films, many of which did not make […]

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