It’s easy to see why this film was an Oscar nominee for best foreign film this year. It packs a real wallop. But it will probably suffer lack of exposure in the United States.
The fourth installment of this series recovers some of the swagger and fun of the earlier versions, perhaps because of the welcome addition of Penelope Cruz.
“Last Night” spends a lot of time building up the tension….is it gonna happen or not…..finally offers some incomplete resolution, then invites the viewer to finish the story.
Most of us men are socially incomplete. We have certain insecurities, some of which we can name and compensate for, and of course, some days are better than others.
When Disney produces a documentary about cheetahs and lions in the wilds of Africa, you’d expect a lot of cute “awwww” shots of cubs cuddling and playing. And we get those. But we also get the realism of hunting to eat. And the honesty of the law of the jungle, that only the strong survive.
Drawn to Freedom: Christian Faith Today in Conversation with the Heidelberg Catechism by Eberhard Busch, translated by William H. Rader Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2010. 392 pages
reviewed by DEBORAH A. MCKINLEY
Christian practices are in and doctrine is out, so it seems. Confirmation classes for teenagers are moving away from doctrinal teaching to education in living Christian faith.
“Rio” is one of those animated musicals that are so cute and endearing you’ll not only want your children to see them, you’ll also enjoy them yourself.
What we all know about the Middle East situation is that there is more than one point of view. Anybody’s who been living in the United States understands our country’s traditional allegiance to Israel.
The good news is that one of the most extraordinary paleontological finds in history was discovered in 1994. Nestled near the cultivated vineyards of the French countryside, unsettled limestone formations had formed subterranean caves.
by David Kelsey Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press (2 volumes). 1496 pages.
reviewed by ERIC O. SPRINGSTED
David Kelsey, longtime beloved teacher at Yale and author of numerous widely respected books, such as “The Uses of Scripture in Recent Theology” (1975), has delivered two important volumes that lay out a Christian understanding of human being.
by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook and Fredrica Harris Thompsett The Alban Institute, 2010. Pb., 193 pages. $18.00
reviewed by MARY HARRIS TODD
Picture this: a small Episcopal congregation of seven members goes to visit its bishop to request closure, and the bishop replies, “No! You still have a mission in your community!”
“In A Better World” (“Haevnen”) is a Danish film about two families that intersect dramatically through their children, a situation that a lot of people can relate to.
