Over at VOX, film critic and The Kings College (NYC) English professor Alyssa Wilkinson interviews Gregory Allen Howard, the writer of the screenplay for Harriet. Wilkinson writes: “it’s surprising that Harriet is the first biopic about such an important woman in American history, considering...
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Author’s Corner with John Wigger
John Wigger is a Professor of History at the University of Missouri. This interview is based on his new book, PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017). JF: What led you to...
Marlon Brando Takes His Own Oral History
This is classic Marlon Brando. The legendary actor known best for his portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather died in 2004. So how was he able to narrate Listen to Me, Marlon, a 2015 documentary about his life and career?...
Marti on Hollywood and Religion
Gerardo Marti reminds us that Hollywood and religious films have a long relationship. In his recent piece at The Christian Century, he chronicles this history. Here is a small taste: Herbert A. Jump was an especially articulate enthusiast for the...
More D.W. Griffith
Yesterday I did a post on Richard Brody’s “review” of D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. When I wrote that post I did not know that today marks the 98th anniversary of the day that the film premiered in Los...
Gaining Some Perspective: “The 6 Best Dresses at the Golden Globes”
Have you seen this yet? Compliments of The Onion....