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A History of Christian Film with Dr. Terry Lindvall
The Correlation Between Film History and Church History with Terry Lindvall
Dr. Terry Lindvall is with me again to continue talking about Christian film history. In this episode we zero in on the subject of his latest book, God on the Big Screen which considers the correlation between cinematic history and church history by looking at the...
A Christian Film History Primer with Terry Lindvall
The Christian film movement has a historian -- and his name is Dr. Terry Lindvall. Dr. Lindvall has written two books on Christian film history. Sanctuary Cinema chronicles the history of Christain film in the silent era, and his follow-up book, Celluloid Sermons,...
A Sacred Aesthetic
This is part 2 of my interview with Brett McCracken, senior editor of The Gospel Coalition, who oversees the content related to culture and the arts. Brett is a Wheaton grad, and has a degree from UCLA in Cinema and Media studies. In this episode, Brett and I talk...
Engaging at the Intersection of the Arts and Theology
Brett McCracken is a senior editor of The Gospel Coalition, overseeing content related to culture and the arts, and his favorite art form is film. Brett isn't just a self made cinephile, he studied film at UCLA. Brett has a wide breadth of cinema theory and history,...
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The Criterion Channel
The Criterion Collection has long been one of my favorite distributors of DVD's of independent films and world cinema outside of the Hollywood system. Some of the most imaginative and powerful films ever made are found within this collection. In April of this year The...
Pudovkin’s Classic Text Film Technique & Film Acting
On my work desk within easy reach is a worn, red cloth-bound hardcover book written by a Russian filmmaker named Vsevolod I. Pudovkin. It's called Film Technique & Film Acting, and it's one of my most treasured books on the craft of film. Though, written in 1958...
“The motion picture camera, like the printing press, is a gift from God. We can use it for God’s purpose.”
James K. Friedrich in the
