By Jacob Sahms How would society respond if a messiah figure emerged from the Middle East and slowly traveled around the known world? The answers in the New Testament from two thousand years ago are clear, but writer Michael Petroni wondered what would happen if the messiah appeared now, in a world full of social […]
By Jacob Sahms On an overcast night in the Czech Republic’s capital, David Gyasi catches a late hotel dinner, overlooking a stone Prague bridge. While commuters flash across the bridge in different shaped cars, and a boat passes by underneath, the various stories of these individuals fascinate the native of London. It’s the sheer possibilities […]
By Jacob Sahms Greta Gerwig garnered attention for over a decade as an actress, but with the coming of age film Lady Bird, she earned two Academy Award nominations (Best Director, Best Screenplay), in her directorial debut. Now, on Christmas Eve, Gerwig stands to garner more attention with the eighth cinematic adaptation of Louise May […]
By Jacob Sahms As a child, Fernando Meirelles watched the parodies that his father had crafted as a teenager on a projector set up in the family’s home. On screen, his uncles and his mother became characters in his father’s short films, and he yearned to make films of his own. Gifted a Super 8 […]
By Peyton Garland The truth is inescapable: we all leave a legacy. We don’t need to be a renowned president like George Washington or an athletic icon like Rocky Balboa to impact the people around us. According to Webster, a “legacy” is “anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor.” So, […]
By Jacob Sahms Brian Presley once directed game-winning drives for the Jenks High School on the way to a state championship in Oklahoma but more recently, he lead a filmmaking crew in sub-zero temperatures to finish a seven-year project. North of Durango, Colorado, five thousand feet above sea level, Presley wrapped all-night shoots in the […]
By Jacob Sahms How did The Evangelist of The Pilgrim’s Progress become the wise, old sage to Christian? That’s the question that high school media teacher and filmmaker Matt Bilen found himself asking as he explored John Bunyan’s 1678 allegory with his two sons. Eight years later, the answer unfolds in Heavenquest, Bilen’s live-action fantasy […]
By Jacob Sahms Robert and Michelle King have delivered massive hits for CBS in the past, with The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Now, they’ve turned their attention to a series that explores the delicate balance between faith and science, with a creepy little thriller called Evil, starring Mike Colter, Katja Herbers, and Michael […]
Interview by Suzy Sammons. I’m thrilled to bring you this insightful conversation with two women having a positive impact in the world of entertainment. Bridget Stokes and Vicky Wight have been making films together for many years, and they create deep and rich stories that have true emotional strength and wonderfully nuanced storytelling. As their […]
by Peyton Garland I didn’t want to wear my Army jumpsuit with the 82ndAirborne patch on it, not on a Friday when the other kids were wearing shorts and t-shirts, not just because Momma said it had special meaning now. The parachute material swished when I walked, and the head-to-toe forest green look wasn’t made […]