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10 Things ‘Twilight’ Teaches Teenage Boys About Teenage Girls
By
Donna Freitas
While I don’t like this particular blogger’s attitude–nor do I agree with what he says–I can’t help but share this post I found about the “10 Things Twilight Teaches Teenage Boys About Teenage Girls” by Kevin Kelly. Kelly claims that, in theaters showing “Twilight,” “A lot of those teens are going to be of the…
‘Milk’ Celebrates a Gay Martyr, Maybe Too Soon
By
Paul O'Donnell
In “Milk,” Gus Van Sant’s new political bio-pic starring Sean Penn, there are frames within frames, some of them intended by the filmmaker, some the accidents of history. There is Harvey Milk, played by Penn, talking into a tape deck at his kitchen table, narrating the story we’re watching. Wrapped around that story are the…
The ‘Princess Diana Bible’?
By
Douglas Howe
Okay, I can hear the cards and letters (or posts) comin,’ because Idol Chatter is usually a generous and congenial part of the Beliefnet blog network, and we usually take a pretty open position in embracing our culture and the arts relative to our faith journeys. But every once in a while, art doesn’t transcend…
Negotiating the Spate of Holocaust Films This Holiday Season
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Donna Freitas
The New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott counts no fewer than five Holocaust movies coming out this holiday season–speculating that it’s the end of the year Oscar hopefulness that has sparked this spate of films capturing the horrors of the Holocaust. The five include: 1. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (David Thewlis) 2.…
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