Author: Jonathan Butrin

  • Are Christian Movies Getting Better?

    Are Christian Movies Getting Better?

    Listen in as we review War Room and ask the question: Are Christian movies getting better?

  • Everest

    Everest

    I’m not a fan of 3D. It’s not for lack of trying. I put on the glasses every now and again in the hopes they’ve perfected the formula. Maybe this time I’ll feel like I’m in the movie. But if James Cameron couldn’t do it for Avatar, no one can…yet. Suffice it to say, I…

  • Interview with Greg and Teia Batiansila

    Interview with Greg and Teia Batiansila

    At Cinema Faith, we’re not too fond of Christian movies. Truth flows naturally from good stories, but gets suffocated by an agenda. Sermons are different than stories – Christian filmmakers need to understand the distinction. Today, we’d like to present two that do. Meet Greg and Teia Batiansila, a father-daughter duo reversing the stigma of…

  • The Place Beyond the Pines

    The Place Beyond the Pines

    We open to darkness and breathing. Then a man, pacing, flashing a switchblade. He stops, trades the knife for a coat, and leaves the room. We follow him through a noisy amusement park. Rides and lights glitter around him. People brush past. The man enters a tent as we hear his name announced. He mounts…

  • What Is Your Favorite Movie?

    What Is Your Favorite Movie?

      Our discussion question for September: What’s your favorite movie and why? Remember – favorite movies aren’t necessarily the best movies ever made.  These are movies you can pop in any day, any time.  Movies you’ve seen a thousand times and will probably see a thousand more.  Guilty pleasures count, and there are no wrong…

  • The Brody Awards 2015

    The Brody Awards 2015

    Cinema Faith is proud to introduce the Brody Awards.  Listen in as we recognize the best movies of the summer. Agree with our picks?  Sound off below.

  • Straight Outta Compton

    Straight Outta Compton

    I should not be writing this review. I told myself I wasn’t going to write it. I told others I wasn’t going to write it. And yet, here I am – writing it. There are a number of things working against me. First off, I’m white. While the world was listening to a rap group…

  • The Least of These

    The Least of These

    There are a few seminal films from my childhood. Jurassic Park was a big one. Star Wars definitely left a mark too. But the first one I remember before either of those was The Sandlot. Yet, something more than nostalgia surprised me when I re-watched the film last week. Early on, I found myself tearing…

  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

    Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

    There are few actors as polarizing as Tom Cruise. Bring his name up in a crowd and you get a reaction smorgasbord. Some love him. Others shrug. And there’s always one who hates him for reasons they can’t quite put into words. Personally, I don’t think there’s much to debate. Sure, he believes in Xenu…

  • Amy

    Amy

    There was once a girl that nobody knew who loved to sing. She had talent. She had ambition. She was ready to conquer the world. By age 27, she was famous and dead. What led to such a tragedy? That’s the story of the documentary Amy. Amy Winehouse was a British singer with a fondness…