catapult magazine

Items tagged film

• “Josep’s Opus,” or “Coke’s mini-movie”

  On the adman's use of music, for better or worse, to manipulate.

• Don’t tell

  A review of d. Guillaume Canet's film Tell No One.

• Driving rhythm

  A review of the documentary film Anvil!  The Story of Anvil by Sacha Gervasi.

• The Desolate Magnolia

  Short film juxtaposes images of destruction and handmade creation.

• I love you, (well-adjusted) man

  A review of John Hamburg's new bromantic comedy, I Love You, Man.

• To see the fissures and 
hear the rumblings

  A review of 
The BQE, a film by Sufjan Stevens.

• Aughts to see

  From action to documentary to indie art house, these films should be considered for your queue.

• Conversion experience

  A review of James Cameron's new film Avatar.

• Do not enter

  On following Jesus into forbidden territory.

• Verdict and revelation will always be popular

  A tour of timeless themes that pop up in the most unpredictable places.

• How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

  On the results of a steady diet from the industrial entertainment system.

• Arguing taxes and Trekkies

  On the higher purpose of pop culture debate.

• The Gospel According to David Lynch

  A journey through an appropriately circuitous thought process on an elusive director.

• Truth without borders

  An interview with John Van Sloten, author of The Day Metallica Came to Church.

• Ten films that prompt theological reflection

  A selection of intelligent movies spanning the past thirteen years.

• Crying out

  An apologetic for the imaginative power of books over movies.

• Screening desires

  A reflection on the ways in which film can shape who we are and who we wish to become.

• Watch and wait

  A gentle nudge to encounter art.  Soon.

• Should we stay or should we go?

  A review of the film Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois.

• Returning to the end

  Exploring the theme of grief in Terrence Malick’s film The Tree of Life.

• The electric razor

  Unearthing childhood memories of fear and separation.

• Popcorn and prophets

  Gathering around a screen toward repentance and lament.

• Ten works of art

  Remembering the year past through a selection of artfully crafted books, albums, films, paintings, beverages and more.

• Ten Jesus films you’ve never seen

  An eclectic selection from 1933 through 2008.

• Finding real life on The Loneliest Planet

  A review of Julia Loktev’s 2012 film about the journey of an engaged couple.

• I’m becoming obsolete

  Is technology moving faster than the speed of humans?

• Saying “no” as a filmmaker

  Seeking an artistic identity in relationship to Hollywood.

• Why I Sundance

  Hint: it’s about more than just stalking celebrities (with a little of that, too).

• Comfort films

  Ten movies worth a second look.

• Reimagining the picture

  Making art as a practice for creating a new family.