‘Oppenheimer’ triumphs at Golden Globes as Hollywood parties again
Beverly Hills, California Reuters Historical drama Oppenheimer dominated the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, and gothic comedy Poor Things upset summer blockbuster Barbie, as Hollywood threw its biggest party since labor disputes shut down much of show business last year. Oppenheimer, about the making of the atomic bomb, landed five honours, including the coveted best movie drama […]
Origins: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ still leaves an indelible mark on our culture 55 years on
NATHAN ABRAMS, professor of film studies at Bangor University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at one of cinema’s landmark films…
History on screen: ‘Great Disappointment’ a story of hope says Aussie film director bringing it to life on the big screen
PETA MCCARTNEY speaks with Australian director Kyle Portbury about his upcoming film on events in New England in the US in the mid-19th century…
Indian film shows hardship and hope of migrants’ lockdown journeys
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation From cycling through forests and crossing the Ganges river to bypassing police barricades, a new documentary chronicles the journeys of India’s millions of migrant workers as they walked, pedaled and hitchhiked home during the coronavirus lockdown. The film 1232 KMS – shot last April by director Vinod Kapri – follows a […]
Passing on the blessing: ‘Christmas Jars’ author Jason F Wright on the story behind the book, film and international movement
DAVID ADAMS speaks with ‘Christmas Jars’ author, Jason F Wright about the story behind the best-selling book and film as well as the movement the idea has sparked and what Christmas means to him…
ESSAY: THE HERO OF THE FILM ‘JUST MERCY’ COULD BE YOU
US author and activist SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, writes about why people should see the new film, ‘Just Mercy’…
Mobile theatres to screen child slavery film in rural India
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A film about a boy trafficked to work in a carpet factory is to be screened in remote Indian villages to raise awareness about child slavery among families often targeted by human traffickers. Due to be released on Thursday, Jhalki tracks a nine-year-old girl’s struggle to find her younger brother after […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘OVERCOMER’ RUNS AN INSPIRATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL RACE
MARCUS CHEONG watches US Christian writer/director Alex Kendrick’s latest film…
From black megachurch to big screen: Another team of brothers directs new movie
Largo, Maryland, USRNS Jimmy Jenkins and his brother, Joshua, stood in front of the crowd at a local AMC movie theater and admitted to being overwhelmed. After showing their new movie, Sinners Wanted, for free the previous weekend at the black megachurch where their father preaches, on Friday, 22nd March, they were in a nearby theatre […]
US students at Sundance explore film through the eyes of faith
RNS More than 200 seminary and Christian college students, faculty and others who view films through the eyes of faith attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, recently. They joined the nearly 125,000 celebrities, directors, producers, distributors, publicists, critics and fans who were attending the independent film festival, hosted annually in the small […]