The Preacher's Wife

"...a deep repertoire of Sixties dance moves -- the preacher is understandably skeptical. And since Dudley is also a..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.

"...twinned powers of religious redemption and obsession, Machine Gun Preacher is certainly the strangest examination of grace under AK-47..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Preacher Red Carpet

"...Joseph Gilguin attends the premiere of AMC's "Preacher" at theParamount Theater..."

March 15, 2016 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film Review: Preacher

Cynical reverend searches for atonement in West Texas

"...But of them all, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher took the project most seriously: A series about an..."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Preacher's Kid

A minister's daughter wants to experience more of life, so she runs away with an actor appearing in a touring gospel play.

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Than a Femme Fatale

Ruth Negga on killing it in AMC's Preacher

"...novel character Tulip O'Hare – the assassin/ex-girlfriend of Jesse "Preacher" Custer of Preacher. AMC's highly anticipated comic-inspired show, which..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Leap of Faith

"...evangelists, Martin is Jonas Nightengale, a cynical, cash-hungry con artist-cum-preacher who snakes his way through the heartland, pitching his..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Based on a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, a black evangelical preacher and author who also co-stars, this unusual film is part revivalist sermon, part narrative drama, and wholly urgent and engaging.

"...a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, a black evangelical preacher, prolific author, and host of a weekly broadcast on..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carman: The Champion

"...targeting its audience with the force of an itinerant preacher looking for a sinner. The story features Carman (hunky..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Them That Follow

Snake-handling drama quietly eviscerates that whole "thoughts and prayers" deal

"...her loyal role as the daughter to local charismatic preacher Lemuel (Goggins) and fiancée to Garret (Pullman), a former..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Boy Erased

Joel Edgerton goes to gay conversion therapy's heart of darkness

"...18-year-old Jared (the phenomenal Hedges), the son of a preacher man (Crowe) and a doting mother (Kidman) whose necessarily..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Kill

Low-budget Western rides high in the saddle

"...a city caught in the grip of a cruel preacher (Patric) and the notorious outlaw Johnny Kane (Phillips). Despite..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Moontower Comedy 2018: More Comics Named

On, Ryan! On, Preacher! On, Colin! On, Ali! On 39 more jokers!

"...the list for the seventh fest are Ryan Hamilton, Preacher Lawson, and Moontower alum Janeane Garofalo...."

Dec. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Birth of a Nation

Controversial slave uprising epic finally hits theatres

"...be awkward: It takes a long time for the preacher/slave Nat Turner’s mild ire to turn to anger and..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do You Believe?

Mira Sorvino stars in this faith-based movie

"...a pastor whose faith is shaken by a street-corner preacher...."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Exorcism

This faux documentary pulls few punches in its fresh look at what happens when religion and the secular world collide.

"...Fabian plays the Rev. Cotton Marcus, a formerly crooked preacher man who has experienced a crisis of faith and..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nature of Existence

This documentary treks the globe posing life’s big questions to one and all.

"...wrestlers, Stonehenge Druids, Indian yogis, and a puritanical street preacher. Scientists, director Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back), and..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adam's Apples

Pitting a skinhead against a priest, this Danish comedy, like most of that country's dramas, is dark, dark, dark.

"...skinhead Adam (Thomsen) and scornful of the willfully misguided preacher Ivan (Mikkelsen). From the first second we see Adam..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Friday Night Lights': Up to Now

"...Coach Taylor; Street and Lyla reconciled; Smash's date with Preacher's Kid interrupted by roid-induced nosebleed; Landry helps Tim see..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

A Walk to Remember

"...young lovers: Jamie (Moore), the sweet daughter of a preacher man, and a “misunderstood” angerball named Landon Carter (West)...."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2001

"...highways. And the comic joy of watching an animated preacher defile a nubile corpse only to subsequently have his..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Stranger in the Kingdom

"...skies -- and a brand new black pastor. The preacher man is Walter Andrews (Hudson), a tough, dignified widower..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

The directing debut of acclaimed kung fy choreographer Yuen also helped popularize the burgeoning “kung fu comedy” genre and it primary star, Jackie Chan.

"...for even my tastes -- like when the comic-relief preacher (Horan) turns out, in the film's final reel, to..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Walking Dead

"...any color or ethnic background. Morton's Sgt. Barkley, the ex-preacher, Sweet's Pvt. Brooks, the scared young recruit, and Payne's..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guncrazy

"...Anita are hastily married under the lunatic gaze of Preacher Hank (Billy Drago, as the snake-handling, slightly off-kilter cleric),..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jungle Fever

"...gracious woman and his father, Davis is a retired preacher. For a while there, just a short while, it..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

"...to the surprise of no one. Steiger plays a preacher who, at one point, attempts to explain the strange..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Ana's Opening

Third place

"...The preacher tapped the mike...."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Muszynski

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...The playwright today as itinerant preacher. Thinking about some of the playwriting talent gathered in..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wise Blood

One of the last films in John Huston’s long career is this exceptional interpretation of Flannery O’Connor’s eccentric Southern tale of fringe fanatics.

"...a WWII vet who returns home and becomes a preacher in his self-styled Church Without Christ. Into his life..."

Aug. 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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