Much ado about movie ratings / Ratings now flag religious and political agendas
Facing the Giants, a low-budget movie about a high-school football team, was recently rated PG for parental guidance in the U.S. The film’s Christian producers and the Motion Picture Association of...
View Article‘Contemporary Christian cinema’ needs talented, prophetic artists
THESE ARE interesting times for Christian film buffs. Nearly three years have passed since The Passion of the Christ rode a wave of controversy to the top of the box office, and studios have been...
View ArticleAll things are possible for Facing the Giants director
A LITTLE controversy can go a long way. Facing the Giants, a modest evangelical film made by a church in Georgia with a cast and crew made up almost entirely of volunteers and amateurs, got loads of...
View ArticleHollywood? No, SHER-wood!
How Sherwood Baptist Church became a hot spot for making Christian movies — including Facing the Giants and the upcoming Fireproof, starring Kirk Cameron. The regular film world has the Coens, the...
View ArticleThe Church Behind Fireproof / How a Baptist church in Georgia became a...
For several years the members of Sherwood Baptist Church have had a vision: “To touch the world from Albany, Georgia.” And thanks to the power of mass media, this church of about 3,000 members —...
View ArticleReview: Fireproof (dir. Alex Kendrick, 2008)
Two years ago, there was a big controversy when Facing the Giants, an ultra-low-budget movie produced by a church in the Bible Belt, was rated PG, allegedly for its spiritual content. Pundits and...
View ArticleDrugs, violence, Christian themes and the R rating
Christians make a film that depicts drug usage, violence, and a hostage crisis in a church. The MPAA gives the film an R rating. Is this persecution?
View ArticleFlashback: The films made by Alex & Stephen Kendrick
Links to several articles that I wrote on Facing the Giants and Fireproof back in the day, including op-eds, a review, and multiple interviews with the filmmakers and their collaborators.
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