Raise your hand if you bet on this Victor Hugo adaptation being the one to make a list of top movie musicals. Now put your hands down, fibbers. I imagine that I was not the only one who expected Les Miserables. It is a beloved Read More …
One common academic definition of poetry is that which cannot be summarized in prose. American author and theologian Dallas Willard claimed in The Divine Conspiracy that “sometimes important things can be presented in literature or art that cannot be effectively expressed in any other way” Read More …
In 2022, readers of Arts & Faith voted on their Top 25 Movie Musicals. To read an introductory essay on this list and the selection process, click here. To read an appreciation or explanation from a voter, click on the appropriate title. Fiddler on the Read More …
One of the most famous and most watched movies ever made, The Wizard of Oz is inarguably a classic, but it’s rarely thought of as a film of profound spiritual yearning. True, there’s no existential anguish in it like you’d find in an Ingmar Bergman Read More …