Knocked Up. Dir. Judd Apatow. Universal, 2006. Knocked Up, writer/director Judd Apatow’s follow-up to 2005′s wildly popular The 40 Year Old Virgin, was no disappointment. It opened this summer to box office success and, like its predecessor, delighted critics as much as fans. The success of both films can be attributed to Apatow’s fresh combination
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Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. Merge, 2007. I must confess that I had absolutely no intention of liking Neon Bible. Indie rock, that non-genre with which the Montreal-based Arcade Fire is usually affiliated, often strikes me as self-important and musically uninteresting, and as such I was beyond skeptical of their critically acclaimed sophomore release. To
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Children of Men. Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Universal, 2006. London, 2027: the world is a depressing place, devoid of the laughter of children. Everyone in the world has mysteriously become infertile; no babies have been born for eighteen years. When a young woman becomes pregnant, the protagonist must help her flee the country to keep her
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Blood Diamond. Dir. Edward Zwick. Warner Bros., 2006. After seeing Blood Diamond, I was swept up in a rush of strong emotions, like most others who have seen this movie about the inhumane atrocities stemming from conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone. Alongside those emotions was the urgent drive to take action, to do something to
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Blue Like Jazz. By Donald Miller. Thomas Nelson Publishing, 2003. “God’s love will never change us if we don’t accept it.” I feel guilty after having finished Blue Like Jazz. It’s as if I found pages of Donald Miller’s diary and prayer journal scattered on the floor, picked them up at random, and read every
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Jesus Camp. Dir. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Loki Films, 2006. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady of Loki Films are known for making controversial films, such as their collaborative project “Boys of Baraka” and Ewing’s critically acclaimed film about Cuban Nobel Peace Prize nominee Oswaldo Paya. The pair has teamed up again to create Jesus
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Finding God Beyond Harvard: The Quest for Veritas. By Kelly Monroe Kullberg. InterVarsity Press, 2006. Kelly Monroe Kullberg has had quite an adventure. As founder of the Veritas Forum, Kullberg has used her gift with words to capture audiences, invoke thoughtful discussion, and, most recently, share a story of trials, hard work, and hope-a story
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