Ecumenical Jury 9 - Arts & Faith

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Posted onDecember 31, 2021July 10, 2023AuthorArts & Faith

It seems hardly coincidental that two films on the life of children’s television host and ordained Presbyterian minister Fred Rogers were released in as many years. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), a feature starring Tom Hanks and directed by Marielle Heller, was nominated for the Read More …

First Reformed

Posted onDecember 31, 2021January 21, 2022AuthorArts & Faith

At the beginning of Paul Schrader’s elegant take on contemporary Christian spirituality in the mode of classic transcendental cinema, a very faint white cross appears in the title card between First and Reformed. As the sun rises over the shot, the cross resolves glimmering on the steeple of Read More …