Courageous Film
Peter Bentley reviews the new film from Sherwood Pictures. Courageous calls fathers to take their part in the raising of children, and hopefully to raise a new generation which respects women, and themselves.
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The Grandfathers - new hearts
Peter Bentley reviews the final film in the trilogy (Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2002 documentary); End of the Spear (2005 dramatised version), which reflects on the murders of five missionaries, Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Roger Youderian in 1956 by men from the Waodani (or Huaorani) people, who live in the Amazonian rainforest area of east Ecuador.
The Good Book (of Eli)
Peter Bentley reviews the film (now on DVD) The Book of Eli, an appropriate choice for the 2011, the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version Bible.
Snowtown - No redemption?
Peter Bentley comments on the Australian film Snowtown which depicts the lives of the now infamous Snowtown murderers.
Hereafter - more than human love
Clint Eastwood continues his examination of death (and Life) in his film work, this time with a love story set in the contemporary interest in the world of spirituality and the afterlife.
The Social Phenomenon
Facebook is a social phenomenon, as well as a increasingly influential business, and the film The Social Network explores many elements, though the irony is it is a personal story at a time when real life personal face to face contact is challenged by social networking. Read Peter Bentley's review.
Gruen Transfiguration
Read a further consideration by Peter Bentley about the ABC TV Show, The Gruen Transfer, and religious issues. (An episode in the 2010 series focussed on religious advertising, including the JAAL Campaign).
Movies as Ministry
Peter Bentley considers contemporary Christian cinema - Sherwood Pictures
Reflections on ‘The Road’
Read Peter Sellick's reflections on the film (and Book) of The Road: Two ontologies of ‘being'
Do all roads lead to God?
Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is brought vividly to the screen.
Read a review by Peter Bentley from the April 2010 ACCatalyst magazine.
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