Where have all the heroes gone? A review of Valkyrie
While discussing film with All Saints grad student Adam Stephens, a German student at U.T. remarked, “Why is it you’re watching so many German movies?” When he paused searching for an answer, she continued, “But then, it’s not as if…
Toddy Burton’s film, The Aviatrix, premieres online
After nearly a year of playing at international film festivals, THE AVIATRIX is finally available for viewing online through The YouTube Screening Room, a unique platform that programs short films from around the world. Enjoy viewing the film HERE —…
The Road to Stardom
Have you ever heard the story about Lana Turner? Legend goes that the Hollywood actress (famous throughout the 1940s, 50s, and 60s) was originally discovered as a teenager by a talent scout at a drugstore in Los Angeles. I like…
Summer Classics; by Toddy Burton
Experiences, generally speaking, are more fun when shared. Fundamentally, the reason seems obvious: we’re all created in the image a triune God who exists in a constant state of relationship. So, no duh, of course we like to be with…
“The Dark Knight” – A Longing for Justice and Order
We just finished watching about thirty minutes of home-edited footage featuring cartoon, Asian, and “Splat”-”Pow” Batmen (and we even saw a clip of Christian Bale from Newsies), and the movie was getting ready to start. My wife, Julianna, and I…
Shouting about Nothing? A review of No Country for Old Men by Ethan and Joel Coen
If a tree falls in the forest and no one understands it, does it only make a noise? In 1957 Flannery O’Connor discussed the problems of communicating her message to an audience that didn’t share her worldview in her essay…
Redefining an old problem: A review of Atonement by R. Greg Grooms
In The Death of Satan: How Americans have lost the sense of evil Andrew Delbanco puts a new spin on an old problem: "A gulf has opened up in our culture between the visibility of evil and the intellectual resources…