Posted on July 19, 2008 by Trevor
I’ve been really enjoying the McCain-Obama discussions over the past several weeks. They’ve become increasingly relevant for me as I feel my political views are so rapidly changing due to my Eastern European adventures. There seems to be more and more political questioning and discussion. Though there seems to be polarization on some fronts, [...]
Filed under: Film, Politics | Tagged: 9/11, Al Gore, Alex Gibney, An Inconvenient Truth, An Unreasonable Man, Andrew Jarecki, Bowling for Columbine, Eisenhower, Enron, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Errol Morris, Fahrenheit 9/11, Fight Club, Fog of War, Fortune Magazine, Frank Capra, global warming, Hearts and Minds, Iraq war, Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, Robert McNamara, Vietnam War, war, Why We Fight | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Trevor
Dennis suggested that I post a few recommendations for films that readers of the blog might find fruitful. I hope that others here will find this helpful or at least of interest. I often post different lists (my own favorites as well as those of critics I admire and loathe) on my blog Toward [...]
Filed under: Film | Tagged: A Man Escaped, Agnes Varda, Beauty and the Beast, Cache, canon, Christianity, Dardennes Brothers, French New Wave, Jacques Demy, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, John Malkovich, Micheal Haneke, Nicolas Philibert, Notre Musique, Places in the Heart, Raul Ruiz, Robert Benton, Robert Bresson, Rosetta, Terry Gilliam, The Children of Paradise, The Gleaners and I, The Son, Time Regained, To Be And To Have, Towards an LDS Cinema | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 19, 2008 by Trevor
The “R-rating” is a hot topic when it comes to movies in LDS culture. I’m glad that it is. It means that we are worried about how we are living our lives and we recognize that what we partake of, be it media or food, should be kept within certain boundaries.
Creating a healthy [...]
Filed under: Film, Mormon Culture | Tagged: Alma, Arts, Bulworth, Coeliac disease, diet, Disney, Ezra Taft Benson, family films, film-ratings, Health, In the Bedroom, Miranda Otto, morality, Mormons, Motion Picture Association of America, MPAA, Orson Scott Card, Pirates of the Caribbean, R-rated movies, Saints and Soldiers, Saving Private Ryan, soul of man, The Thin Red Line, Word of Wisdom, worldwide Church | 17 Comments »
Posted on May 15, 2008 by Dennis
For Latter-day Saints, the letter R can be one of your best friends.
It simplifies your decisions at the video store as well as the ballot box:
A movie with an R printed on it is bad. Even if you don’t know anything else about the movie, don’t watch it. A movie with any other rating — [...]
Filed under: Film, Mormon Culture, Politics | Tagged: abortion, Brooke White, Democrats, Doug Robinson, elections, Ezra Taft Benson, Film, Mormon Culture, Mormons, Orson Scott Card, political parties, politicians, Politics, R-rated movies, Republicans, same-sex marriage, Utah legislature, Utah politics | 30 Comments »
Posted on March 26, 2008 by Dennis
One feature I would like to add to this blog is to periodically report on blogs that I think would be of interest to our readers.
The first blog I would like to highlight is Towards an LDS Cinema, which I stumbled upon a few weeks ago. I discovered, in my stumbling, that it is authored [...]
Filed under: Film, LDS blogs | Tagged: Arts, Film, humanities, LDS blogs, Mormon Culture, Mormons | 3 Comments »
