Tag: Brendan Gleeson

  • In Bruges

    In Bruges

    Full disclosure: This movie touches on so much, and in sometimes subtle but profound ways, that I can only put a small amount of what I thought into words… and inconclusive words at that. In a way it is like splitting the atom — the amount of energy released is incredible, but to harness it…

  • Calvary and the Christian Cinema Crisis

    Calvary and the Christian Cinema Crisis

    Last week, after a Good Friday service, I watched a Christian movie. Every good movie contains truth, but some go even further and explicitly proclaim the way of Jesus. I call these “Christian” movies. Unfortunately, most of them are terrible. This one wasn’t. This one was Calvary.  Calvary tells the story of a village priest…