Thomas McCarthy's film The Visitor snuck up on me several months ago. I forget who, but a couple of friends had recommended it and one boring night, there it was, offered on one of the cable subscription channels. So I clicked on it and sat there, no expectations...and just got bowled over. Whether it was …
Post It Creativity
Just fun. Imagine the work and the number of Post-It Notes.
Up
We get excited about Pixar movies at my house. And we often talk about going to see the latest Pixar movie together, but it rarely works out. The release of Up was no exception. We talked about it, suggested times, but in the end, Anjie and Daniel saw it first while I was in Chicago …
God On Trial
Sometimes people ask me to watch films, having been moved for some reason to think that I'd like them. My friend Jimmy handed me a film in a Netflix envelope probably some six weeks ago, and I said, sure, I'd watch it. And then life happened, and week after week, he'd ask me, and I'd …
“Amadeus” Years Later
The Wednesday night film fellowship got together again last night. We are looking at films this month concerning Beauty, the transcendent kind. As I was thinking about films to watch (we may do My Kid Could Paint That next week), Amadeus popped into my head. A no-brainer great film about Beauty and the way God …
JEFF BERRYMAN 