Category: Society & culture
Christian Filmmakers Network
The Christian Filmmakers Network is a forum for Christians working in the film industry, putting on events like “Content,” a Christian media conference.
“Beliefnet Film Awards 2010”
Beliefnet.com unveiled its annual “Beliefnet Film Awards” on March 1, 2010. The Road won Best Spiritual Film, and Precious and Up tied for Best Inspirational Film.
Jewish Theological Seminary
The Jewish Theological Seminary is a collection of five schools, including a rabbinical school, in New York City. It ordains both men and women in the Conservative movement. A page for journalists lists faculty members by topic.
“Oscar Race 2010”
Read reviews of the 2010 nominated films by writers at America magazine, the national Jesuit weekly.
“Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards”
See the 2010 Academy Award nominees and winners in each category.
“Making Movies Moral”
Read a July 31, 2012 review in Christianity Today of William D. Romanowski’s book, “Reforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies.”
“Israeli film, Jewish-themed films up for Oscars”
The Jewish news service JTA filed a report noting that there were three Jewish-themed films and an Israeli film up for the 2010 Academy Awards. The best known of those films are A Serious Man, a Coen brothers movie that examines their Jewish roots in a retelling of the Book of Job, and Inglourious Basterds, in which a […]
“The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009”
The website SpiritualityandPractice.com has several lists broken down by documentaries, animated films, feature films and so on. Avatar was a top pick of the site’s founders, United Church of Christ members Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, even though other Christian critics felt the movie glorified pantheism.