Religion

Nicolas Cage Continues to Be Irreplaceable

His latest role in Army of One proves his essential nature.We are living in dark times. A cloud of evil… Read More

Silence Trailer: We Are Ready For Scorsese’s Next

First Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Silence Has Us Smiling LoudlyFinally.New Martin Scorsese films are typically treated as big deals because they… Read More

Making Sense of Mel Gibson’s Pro-Religion, Anti-Gun Violence Hacksaw Ridge

Gibson has given us a somewhat faith-based film that seems to struggle with its own audience.While everyone else spent this… Read More

Reflecting on The Leftovers Leads The Mind to a Weird Place

Happy fifth anniversary for the Sudden Departure.This October 14 was a special one for fans of HBO’s The Leftovers. Not… Read More

Silence and the Fate of the Late Release

What a very late release could mean for Martin Scorsese’s new movie. Martin Scorsese’s long gestating passion project Silence has been… Read More

The Ambiguous Tension of the Papacy in The Young Pope

Jude Law has no sins to confess.The Office of the Papacy has captivated the attention of us fallible mortals since its… Read More

The Lord Shall Bringeth a Passion of the Christ Sequel, and Thy Lord Be Mel Gibson

The Resurrection as a movie about Jesus and Gibson’s career.In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and that… Read More

The Devils: Sex, Hysteria and Censorship

Assessing the legacy of Ken Russell’s masterpiece 45 years later. Read More

The Internet Has Already Named The Passion of the Christ Sequel

Don’t worry Mel, we’ve got this.Yesterday it was reported that Randall Wallace, the writer who worked with Mel Gibson on 2004’s… Read More