By Jacob Sahms Switzerland’s Andrea di Meglio didn’t set out to be a filmmaker; he didn’t even set out to be a Christian pastor. But his irregular story of experiencing God’s extraordinary and powerful grace has led him to this place: he’s about to help deliver the second in a series of documentaries called Christ […]
By Jacob Sahms A newly minted degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts academically enforces Bryce Dallas Howard’s life-long pursuit of film education. Her resume, which includes Shakespearean stage performances, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village and The Lady in the Water, the Jurassic Park reboots, and directing an episode of The Mandalorian, […]
By Jacob Sahms On a weeklong kayaking trip, complete with daylong paddling and evenings sleeping by the river, Gil Junger found himself sweating through one hundred degree days. One night, he found himself working on his Mac, the script of a film about a boy and his dog flowing through his fingertips, in the middle […]
By Jacob Sahms As a kid growing up outside of Chicago, Tony Cervone idolized the stars of his city’s teams, like the Bears of ‘85 or the Bulls of ‘91-93. He never imagined that he’d be sitting next to His Airness, Michael Jordan, one day, but as the director of animation for Jordan’s feature film Space […]
By Jacob Sahms Having grown up in the Methodist church in Georgia, screenwriter and director Scott Teems knows that religion is just baked into your upbringing, that everyone has experienced it in one form or another. While he’s known for writing horror-based stories for Blumhouse Films and has been tapped to write the screenplay for […]
By Jacob Sahms One of the recent Netflix options aimed at younger audiences draws its inspiration from the Dutch story De brief voor de Koning by Tonke Dragt. Developed for television by Will Davies, the show maximizes the various talents of some young European actors, with a smattering of adult actors you may recognize from BBC […]
By Jacob Sahms Director Dallas Jenkins remembers January 20, 2017, well, even if it is not favorably. At nine a.m., he was eagerly awaiting the release of his feature-length debut, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, in theaters, headlined by Brett Dalton and Shawn Michaels. By noon, the numbers were in, the film was a commercial […]
Here’s a list of Dove-Approved films that are available to rent or buy digitally at ChristianCinema.com for your family to watch and discuss heading into Easter. Ben-Hur Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar’s reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright […]
By Jacob Sahms In 2011, during a break from shooting footage on top of the Rockefeller Center for the conclusion of The Adjustment Bureau, Joel Viertel approached director George Nolfi and actor Anthony Mackie with the idea for another film. On the top floor of the building known for John D. Rockefeller’s real estate dominance, […]
By Jacob Sahms Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, director, and producer Ann Druyan experienced scientific ridicule, not once but twice. Nearly fifty years later, she’s still standing, having overcome the initial sense of embarrassment and tears that followed her from high school and into college. Once described by her college professor as unteachable, Druyan went […]