Wow!: Seaside screen brings magic of movies to Gaza years after cinemas closed
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, reports on a big-screen event which took place more than three decades after the enclave’s last cinema closed…
‘The Way’, Emilio Estevez’s film about the Camino, returns to US theatres for one night only
United StatesRNS Emilio Estevez got the idea to make a movie about the Camino de Santiago after his father and son traveled parts of the ancient pilgrimage, which runs across Spain to the reported burial place of the apostle St James at the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela. His dad, actor Martin Sheen, had gotten […]
Essay: How does a child become a shooter? Research suggests easy access to guns and exposure to screen violence increase the risk
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based academics BRAD BUSHMAN and DAN ROMER look at what data reveals…
On the Screen: ‘I Heard The Bells’ rings out a story of hope at Christmas
DAVID ADAMS watches the story behind US poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s carol…
Morally desensitised
It’s really interesting to read how 100 years ago, when a drama on stage included a shooting or murder, audience member would often faint or scream in shock. Such a visceral response. Meanwhile, our movies are shockingly graphic in their depictions of violence and it just washes over us. PICTURE: Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash In the same way […]
On the Screen: The Matrix returns from the dead without the originality of its predecessors
MARCUS CHEONG watches the fourth film in the Matrix line-up, released almost 20 years after the last…
On the Screen: ‘Christmas Jars’ – a feel-good Christmas film after a troubled year
DAVID ADAMS watches the movie based on Jason F Wright’s best-selling book…
THE INTERVIEW: REV DAVID KENNEDY, SOUTH CAROLINA MINISTER WHO FOUGHT KLAN SHOP AND PREACHES LOVE NOW DEPICTED IN MOVIE
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rev David Kennedy, the real-life person behind a main character in the new movie ‘Burden’…
Lengthy takes and mile-long trenches: the making of Mendes’ war drama ‘1917’
London, UKReuters Presenting his World War I battlefield movie 1917 as a single shot had pros and cons for Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Mistakes meant lengthy retakes but “accidents” also gave an authenticity of life in the trenches. From start to finish, fluid camera work follows two young British soldiers tasked with crossing enemy lines […]
FILM: HARRIET TUBMAN, IN MOVIE AND REAL LIFE, GUIDED BY FAITH IN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on a new film telling the story iconic American figure Harriet Tubman and her fight against slavery…