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July 28, 2008 Postmarks
Beyond City Limits
"...taking flak for its 10-5 approval of new public-school Bible class curriculum standards. The rules, passed July 18, provide..."
July 25, 2008 News Feature
Son of Rambow
Amid this endearing story about two boys in Eighties England who join together to make their own Rambo movie, lies an uncommon, unaffected portrayal of young male intimacy.
"...his imagination – in a scribbled flipbook, or his Bible, transformed by a box of Crayolas. Will has never..."
May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Naked City
"...to clear his mind, he ran off with his Bible searching for a quiet spot to clear his mind..."
April 4, 2008 News Feature
After a Fashion
The rumors of Stephen's debilitating automobile accident have been greatly exaggerated, but train wreck? That's another story altogether.
"...me as "dumbass" and "putz") that "Dianetics is the bible for Scientology." That statement was followed by an even..."
March 7, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Temples and Playgrounds
Previewing the 2007 Texas Book Festival, Nov. 3-4
"...Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possibleby A.J. Jacobs Simon & Schuster,..."
Nov. 2, 2007 Books Feature by James Renovitch
The Ten
Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.
"...Commandment. For those of you less versed in the Bible, that’s the one that says thou shall not steal...."
Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Adam's Apples
Pitting a skinhead against a priest, this Danish comedy, like most of that country's dramas, is dark, dark, dark.
"...the wormy apple tree he's supposed to tend, his Bible that always opens to the Book of Job, and..."
June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
'Out' Goes Way Out
Out Mag grows balls.
"...their next closet cleaning? Top shelf blog the Gideonse Bible posts this great think piece, putting into perspective the..."
April 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer
Black Snake Moan
Like a steady 12-bar blues progression, Black Snake Moan lays down a groove and works the chords over and over 'til they're all spent.
"...cough much easier to relieve than her itch. When Bible-reading doesn’t quell the inflammation, Lazarus chains Rae to the..."
March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Last Sin Eater
Jesus Christ, the original sin eater, has his hands full with a bunch of superstitious Appalachian immigrants from Wales in the 1850s.
"...and impart relevant narratives that go beyond the classic Bible-story mold are becoming more numerous and available through mainstream..."
Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan
This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.
"...ritual of American Christmas. (“Is Santa Claus in the Bible?” demands an indignant Bul Dau.) Even the boys’ habit..."
Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
All My Love
C-Side Records' family values
"...band members and their families also meet weekly for Bible study at the home of Matt Pittman's father-in-law. "It's..."
Jan. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell
The Hightower Report
Immigration Surrealism; and A Little Help for Their Friends
"...that he would use the Quran, rather than a Bible, for his ceremonial swearing in...."
Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Nativity Story
Sadly, this familiar tale is presented with a yawn-inducing neutrality more reminiscent of a community-center Christmas pageant than an epic story of divine humanity.
"...over the challenging. Personally, I’d rather just read the Bible...."
Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Turistas
Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.
"...surprisingly effective. Taking many of its cues from genre bible The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Stockwell and writer Michael Ross..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
One Doc's Medicine: Serve God, save the planet
Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth believes he has the metaphysical medicine to heal the largely disjointed relationship between the country's environmental and religious communities.
"...building relationships than changing minds. Though he fluidly cites Bible verses to reinforce his points, his tone in preaching..."
Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Holy War Is Sick
"...good on literally the very first page of the Bible (see Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30); people who would stick..."
July 24, 2006 Postmarks
Letters at 3AM
The history of Mary Magdalene is more mysterious than any pulp yarn
"...up. Sexual dalliances, and warnings against them, spark the Bible, but the Bible depicts not one instance of a..."
June 9, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Can't Stand Wimpy Companies
"...27]. We see a woman's legs, we see a Bible and stirrups. Is the Bible inserted in her vagina?..."
Feb. 14, 2006 Postmarks
Grateful She Doesn't Live in Austin but Still Offended by Cover
"...for a photo at all, but placing a Holy Bible between one's legs and posing is even more appalling...."
Feb. 3, 2006 Postmarks
'Technologies of Writing'
You can see the history of the ancient and modern worlds through the most central of human expressions in the Ransom Center's 'Technologies of Writing' exhibit
"...and sweeping historical change is clear," says Heinzelman. "Gutenberg's Bible was printed in Latin, but within a decade the..."
Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Letters at 3AM
Unless my transmission conks out in a place like Bossier City, a guy like me hasn't much chance to hear out a guy like Virgil
"...Virgil was for capital punishment "'cause the Bible says 'an eye for an eye.'" In the Bible..."
Feb. 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
People Are Getting All Uppity Over the Cover
"...you get all uppity about a photograph of the Bible between a woman's legs after all the horrible things..."
Feb. 2, 2006 Postmarks
Why Defame the Sacred Text?
"...I am disturbed by John Anderson's photograph of a Bible poised between the spread-eagled legs of a woman [“The..."
Jan. 30, 2006 Postmarks
How Audacious to Not Know Hebrew or Greek!
"...deity version of intelligent design in schools? And the Bible has surely been shortchanged by fundamentalists. After all, they..."
Jan. 17, 2006 Postmarks
Screen Door Jesus
Kirk Davis’ slick, locally produced film, adapted from the stories of Christopher Cook, plunges into Texas' small-town religious mores and comes up with some insightful revelations in this character-driven pastiche.
"...skinny-dipping. The possibility of divine judgment is high on Bible-thumping mother-in-law Momma Nell’s (Franchelle S. Dorn) list of possible..."
Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Earth Itself Will Cry Out
"...is a well-reasoned answer. At no point in the Bible does it say that the world is going to..."
Sept. 20, 2005 Postmarks
Crónicas
John Leguizamo plays a TV reporter in Ecuador in a film that examines the ethics of tabloid journalism.
"...of one of the dead boys, Vinicio, a local Bible salesman, drives into the scene and, distracted, accidentally runs..."
Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Not So Red
A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State
"...hands high in the air, and most wave a Bible or have one at the ready. On my right,..."
July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar
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