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A consideration of Chagall’s use of the image of the crucified Jesus. Excellent. Last August in Los Angeles, I saw an early, rough edit of Mel Gibson’s controversial new film, The Passion of the Christ. Reviled as anti-Semitic by some who have not even seen it, I judged the version I saw free from explicit…

A reader wondering if the Lutheran minister quoted in this piece is resorting to scare tactics to discourage people from viewing TPOTC: Lund especially criticized the movie’s final resurrection scene, which he said was accompanied by a cadence resembling a battle march. “With a new hardness not seen before, Jesus jumps up to seek revenge…

From the WSJ: Claudia Rosett viewed The Passion of the Christ in Poland and went to Auschwitz What I had not anticipated was that “The Passion,” in its frenzy to convey suffering, would inspire an urge not to weep, but chiefly to wince. Whatever faith or beliefs individual moviegoers may bring to the theater, what…

Here’s a Detroit Free Press article highlighting new DVD releases out today. Schindler’s List is the big one, but also out today is Far more tasteful is 1972’s “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” (TWO STARS out of four stars, Paramount, $14.99), from director Franco Zeffirelli. This is a flower-power biography of St. Francis of Assisi, the…
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