The Intersection of Faith and Culture
The reality seed Poor Little Rich Girl has sixties style icon Edie Sedgwick in her New York apartment acting out a day in her own life. The beginning scene shows an out-of-focus Sedgwick sleeping, then waking up to talk on the phone, smoke cigarettes, put on makeup, and try on […]
Late last year Victoria’s The Wicks put out Clouds– a highly worthwhile EP for the winter season. A precursor to a full length set for release some time this spring, Clouds shies away from being either rock or country, choosing to reside in the divine space in between. In The New […]
Pacific Theatre’s production of John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is a moving, funny and provocative performance. Directed by Jason Goode and starring Aleks Paunovic and Lori Triolo, it is a play that challenges you to think about the nature of self-abuse, forgiveness and our profound need […]
There’s not a whole lot in Contraband, the new heist thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, you haven’t seen done better elsewhere. This is another one of those B-movie plots about a former criminal being forced, through unpleasant circumstances, to abandon peaceful retirement and take on One. Last. Job. You know the type […]
I wish it was possible to go into an interview without an expectation on what I’ll find. But if that were my primary goal, this was not the subject to get me there. The few years that I spent in Christian education left a metallic taste in my mouth, that might […]
Sports and religion have long been connected. As a kid I remember being told about the religious convictions of Eric Liddell who, at the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics, withdrew from the 100m race, his best event, because the race was to be held on a Sunday. When I first heard […]