Sunday’s Academy Awards show seeks to honor this year’s greatest film, yet history reveals that Oscar voters often miss the mark.
Oscar Fail: Is an Academy Award a Reliable Indicator of a Truly Great Film?
DeVon Franklin and Gary David Stratton at Princeton Theological Seminary’s ‘Morality in Media’ Conference
This could be an historic event in the journey toward the Protestant church in America fully embracing artists in general and filmmakers in particular.
The Spiritual Lives of Christian College Students, by Todd W. Hall, PhD
An introduction to five-part series based upon Todd’s five-year research project on the spirituality of students at Christian colleges. The data from more than 3,000 Christian college students across the United States and Canada provides a fascinating snapshot of how…
Hookup Culture: Why Millennials Struggle With Attachment and Relationships, by Mike Friesen
Historic Christian morality and modren neuroscience have come to the same conclusion: When people have sex it forms a nearly inseparable bond. So why are Christian Millennials “hooking up”?
The Social Media Effect: Notre Dame’s Quick Response to Manti Te’o Hoax Under Scrutiny
Whether Heisman Trophy finalist Manti Te’o was Victim or Conspirator, Notre Dame officials have entered uncharted waters in the brave new world of social media and higher education. Here’s why.
Chronicle of Higher Education Top Ten Ed-Tech Stories of 2012
The Chronicle of Higher Education blog “Wired Campus” is one of the top Educational Technology forums in the world. Jeffrey R. Young lists ten top Wired Campus stories of 2012:
It’s a Wonderful Life and the Courage to Live (and Create Art) Idealistically
Few of us will ever get an invitation to an early screening of our life’s work like George did. Yet we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. To be a two handed warrior is to live for that heavenly red carpet affair, not its pale imitation at the Kodak theatre. Part 3 of our annual repost of one of the most read THW series.
Capra’s Tale of a Depressed Idealist: It’s a Wonderful Life, Part 2, by Gary David Stratton, PhD
Part 2 of annual repost of most read series in THW’s brief history:
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) provides a wonderful expression of the complicated interplay between modern Physicalism and Idealism as life-interpreting stories in the life of its main character, George Bailey.
It’s a Wonderful Life: Frank Capra’s Worldview Masterpiece
Like George Bailey and Ricky Gervais, we all eventually find ourselves wondering: Is there a reward for knowing and trying to do the right thing? (Either in heaven or on earth) Or, is it all a waste of time?
Jesus of Nazareth (1977): Our Favorite Christmas Movies and TV Specials
Franco Zeffirelli’s masterful TV mini-series. Incredibly complex and textured.
The Millennial Hobbit: Pippin Took as an Archetype of Emerging Adulthood, by Corey Magstadt
As we started the first book, one line from the very first page of the print edition struck me:
“At that time, Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.”
Apparently hobbits have been dealing with this whole emerging adulthood thing a lot longer than we have, so perhaps we ought to look at the life of one such hobbit to see how the characteristics of emerging adulthood play out.
Support Biola’s Student Filmmakers at 12/12/12 Premiere of AWAY
Biola Cinema and Media Arts program is considered one of the top film schools for young filmmakers of faith. Their goal is to prepare our students spiritually, intellectually, and professionally to become exceptional visual storytellers who can compete and succeed with the best of the best in the areas of film, television, and digital media.
Join the student filmmakers of Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts Department for the premiere of their student film, “AWAY.”
Doors open at 7PM at the historic Whittier Village Cinema in uptown Whittier, with a dessert reception to follow.
And don’t miss Biola CMA grad Zach King’s cool video “IPad Hologram Setting,” It just passed 1.7 million views.