The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Conversations With God

Life-affirming lessons about a generous, forgiving God and the redemptive possibilities of love and charity dominate this movie based on Neale Donald Walsch's bestseller.

"...and Zillah Glory. The bestselling self-help book Conversations With God is the kind of feel-good treacle that seems to..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

God's Army

"...a lot more porn jokes than its upright twin God's Army, which instead focuses on the trials and tribulations..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters to God

A young boy with cancer writes letters to God, an action that affects the lives of others around him.

"...things or encourage philanthropic outpourings – but Letters to God takes the cake (make that the holy wafer). The..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God's Not Dead

A college kid faces flunking out if he can't prove to his classmates and atheist professor that God exists.

"...neighborhood theatres has its message emblazoned in its title: God’s Not Dead. However, any just God would likely recoil..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City of God

City of God, like the Rio de Janeiro housing project for which it’s named, is often grim and dire, but the film is also imbued with hope and transcendence.

"...run down the road? Because in the City of God – a housing project in one of Rio’s poorest..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Only God Forgives

Drive's Nicolas Winding Refn reunites again with Ryan Gosling and adds Kristin Scott Thomas to the mix for this descent into heartlessness.

"...I’d be curious to know what God makes of this film because, personally, my reaction is..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dear God

"...in Hollywood's annual wave of forceful holiday cheer, Dear God isn't just the title of Marshall's film, it's also..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

… And God Spoke (the making of …)

"...said to show the un-making of the film ...And God Spoke, since the production starts strong, with studio backing,..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness

Evangelical film franchise rolls into volume three.

"...ago, the cover of Time magazine famously asked: “Is God Dead?” The question was a rhetorical one, posed during..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

God Help the Girl

Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch's first film is a charming movie musical in the key of Mod.

"...was the word I was grasping for while watching God Help the Girl, the first film by Belle &..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

God's Pocket

Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.

"...Slattery and Alex Metcalf from Pete Dexter’s first novel, God’s Pocket is a rather dark and hopeless tale that..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The God's Heaven Truth

Rev. Gean West & the Relatives add another chapter to Texas funk history

"...happen to be among the handful of parishioners at God’s Anointed Community COGIC in West Dallas, this is not..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Son of God

This biopic is strictly for easily-entertained believers.

"...you see is what you get" in Son of God, but instead: You get what you want to see...."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

God Loves Uganda

Uganda's harsh, new anti-homosexuality law owes much to the Christian evangelical movement, argues this documentary.

"...exile, we were all dreadfully wrong. As revealed in God Loves Uganda, this African country is presently under attack,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

"...Li, Ray Lui and Charles Heung. Ouch. The original God of Gamblers, with Chow Yun-Fat, was an ingenious blend..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

White God

This Hungarian film is the Battleship Potemkin of canine mutiny

"...at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Kornél Mundruczó’s White God finally arrives on domestic shores, and it is every..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Eye of God

"...Richard Jenkins, Maggie Moore and Mary Kay Place. Does God keep watch over Kingfisher, Oklahoma, or is this desolate..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing God

"...Tiernan. In the preposterously scripted yet defiantly engaging Playing God, actor David Duchovny gives us the story of Dr...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girl God Checkmates Comedy

Trans comedy duo brings their new sketch show to Austin

"...Girl God, the trans comedy team of writers Grace Freud and..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

God Bless America

Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed this seething comedy, which he describes as a "violent movie about kindness."

"...all in his crosshairs – quite literally. Goldthwait describes God Bless America as a "violent movie about kindness," and..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lamb of God's Randy Blythe: Survivalist, Wakeboarder

Lamb of God's journey through ultraviolence

"...delivering the New American Gospel in 2000, Lamb of God growler Randy Blythe has preached his politics and personal..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Liminal Lone Star State: Iliana Sosa’s El Paso in God Save Texas

HBO docuseries screens at AFS Cinema this weekend

"...La Frontera, her episode of the new HBO series God Save Texas, there was a point in which she..."

March 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

God of Cookery

"...his title by a jealous apprentice, who reveals the God of Cookery to be a con man. Dejected, he..."

July 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God Is My Witness

"...Kumar and Danny Denzongpa. Not reviewed at press time. God Is My Witness was the #1 box-office grosser of..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

A Man Among Monsters: Elijah Wood on No Man of God

Finding the heart of the man who hunted serial killers

"...films about serial killer Ted Bundy. No Man of God is not one of them. Instead, the biopic focuses..."

Aug. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: God Made Man

Local filmmakers seek funding for dark drama

"...them will be the same in the gritty drama God Made Man...."

Dec. 5, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Panel Encore: U-God’s Journey Into the Wu-Tang

What becomes of Wu-Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin?

"...Wu-Tang Clan rapper U-God, promoting new biography Raw, waxed on an array of..."

March 16, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dear God, What Hath Monofonus Wrought Now?

The Austin indie media company gets all epistolary with Thor Harris

"...Thor Harris – wildly talented painter, celebrated drummer for..."

May 25, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Great God Pan

Street Corner Arts' production of Amy Herzog's play is memorable

"...The Great God PanHyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd, 512/298-9776 www.streetcornerarts.org Running..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

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