While Alfonso Cuarón’s film adaptation of P.D. James’ novel strips most of the overtly Christian images from the story, there is no missing the fact that we are confronted the tale of a miraculously pregnant unwed mother and her reluctant protector set amidst the most horrific violence an empire can throw at them: in short, the Christmas story.
“The Coltrane quartet was like four pistons in an engine. We had to all work together to make the car go.” -McCoy Tyner
America emulates movieland’s way of measuring the worth of things, which teaches us to place the perception of value over value itself. by Neal Gabler, in the LA Times Believe it not, there was actually a time not so long ago…
How do I “break in” as a screenwriter in Hollywood? It is perhaps the most asked question on the Two Handed Warrior website contact page. Screenwriter, screenwriting consultant, and Two Handed Warrior contributor Brennan Mark Smith thinks he knows the…
The buzz is out: there’s a Christian market, and Hollywood is selling. But are they marketing the right products? Many are now seeking to cash in on the “Jesus dollars” Mel Gibson found with Passion of the Christ ($370M) in…
A look at one of Hollywood’s thriving Millennial-focused churches: Basileia Hollywood, average age 26 “Basileia Hollywood may be the only church in America where a celebrity can get up to visit the restroom and have his seat stolen by a…
Part of ongoing series: The Future of Faith-Based Filmmaking Many Christians see these movies as a safe alternative to Hollywood’s immorality. Are they? by Brennan Mark Smith People have asked me to write on this for various reasons, but let me…
Antagonism between Christianity and a Hollywood establishment is part of the rift between Christianity and much of popular culture itself. But the roots of the conflict go much deeper.
Answering God’s faith-building call By Patrick Wood Called to Hollywood? It wasn’t that I had a difficult time believing Dr. Stratton had, in fact, received such a command from the Lord. His ability to hear from God—an area I hoped to…
It’s not that he’s just not that into you; it’s that the church is just not that into being human. By Christy Krumm “I’ve only gone out with a couple of girls at church, and I won’t do it anymore,” says Luke*,…
The premier training program for filmmakers of faith pursuing careers in mainstream Hollywood “Act One’s Producing Program understands that apprenticeship is vital in Hollywood. Students are exposed to working producers and executives not only in the classroom, but through hands-on…
How shalom, common good and prosperity can come from an unlikely place.