Credits where credit is due in Bible films
Most Bible movies don't specify, in the credits, which parts of the Bible they are based on. But a few do, and they sometimes do so in interesting ways.
View ArticleMaking Superman, Jesus and other iconic figures “relatable”
The challenge faced by the makers of Superman movies is similar to that faced by the makers of Jesus movies: how to take an iconic character and give him flesh, personality, a dramatic character arc,...
View ArticleThe death, resurrection, and second death of Lazarus
Many films have shown the raising of Lazarus. But not many films have mentioned that there was a plot to kill him afterwards. Here are three films that do.
View ArticleBible movie of the week: Jesus, the Spirit of God (2007)
Some quick thoughts on an Iranian film that tells the story of Jesus from a Muslim point of view.
View ArticleIsraeli director pays short-film homage to the prophet Amos
Israeli director Amos Gitai -- who has already made semi-modernized versions of the stories of Esther and Ruth -- says his contribution to the short-film anthology Words with Gods will "pay homage" to...
View ArticleOne controversial Jesus movie turns 25, another turns 40
A look back at The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1973).
View ArticleHow do you promote a Bible epic when you’re not religious?
Ridley Scott's recent comments about his life-of-Moses movie Exodus are very different from the comments other filmmakers have made while promoting their own Bible movies over the past 25 years.
View ArticleParamount and MGM team up for the Ben-Hur remake
Two of the most successful studios during the Bible-movie trends of the 1920s and 1950s are teaming up for the third major big-screen version of Lew Wallace's "Tale of the Christ".
View ArticleThe Ascension of Christ in film: literalism, symbolism, etc.
How a dozen films (silent and sound, Hollywood and foreign, live-action and animated) have depicted or at least hinted at the moment when Jesus was taken up into Heaven.
View ArticleNational Geographic unveils the cast for Killing Jesus
The adaptation of Bill O'Reilly's book will feature an actor born in Lebanon as Jesus, Kelsey Grammer as Herod the Great and Bible-movie veteran John Rhys-Davies as the high priest Annas. Also: how...
View ArticleThe prophet Isaiah at the movies: a quick round-up
Despite his prominence in the Old Testament, there are very few, if any, dramatizations of Isaiah's life -- but he is referenced quite a bit (and even depicted) in movies about Jesus and the apostles.
View ArticleHow many Star Wars actors have also been in Bible movies?
Actors from Episodes I, V and VII have played Jesus, actresses from Episodes I and III have played the Virgin Mary, two actors from Episode II have played Ramesses II, and more!
View ArticleHail, Caesar! and the road-to-Damascus experience in film
"Divine presence to be shot."
View Article20 things about The Prince of Egypt, which turns 20 today.
Detailed notes on the making, and legacy, of the first successful Bible epic since the genre's golden age.
View ArticleNew apostle-themed projects coming from Scorsese & Schrader and Burnett & Downey
The makers of Resurrection and The Last Temptation of Christ have two very different depictions of the early Church in the works.
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