Jeffrey Overstreet
Good Letters
In the Cosmos of the Arts, a Christian Cosmonaut Is Born Again
Contrary to the warnings I received in church, the arts have not led me away from Christian faith. In fact, art—whether projected on a screen, singing through speakers, printed on pages, or displayed on gallery walls—goes on revealing and affirming the beauty and truth proclaimed by the Scriptures.
Friendship and Faith at the Movies: A Conversation with Jeffrey Overstreet and Morgan Meis
On the importance of artistic and spiritual friendships to our work and faith, how both church and friendship have served to break us down and put us back together, and how our favorite films do that too: from Mike Leigh’s Another Year and the documentaries of French filmmaker Agnès Varda to The Muppet Movie.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Brings Me Back to Life
Deep beneath layers of digital dust in the archives of my hard drive, an angry bird is waiting, wondering if…
Three Kinds of Elevation: New Concert Films from Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, and Sam Phillips
Ascent I’m under headphones above 10,000 feet, and Aretha Franklin is flying the plane. At least it feels that way.…
Revisiting Moonrise Kingdom
“It’s the rhythm in rock music that summons the demons,” said the church community of my childhood. So I took…
To Run and Not Grow Weary, Part 2
Maybe it was instinct that sent me back to relive the 1924 Olympic Games. Yesterday you found me despairing, feeling…
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+ “A World Equal to Our Hopes”
+ “Being Charlie Kaufman”
+ “Worth Something” (June 2009)
+ “Neil Gaiman’s Girls, Part 1” (March 2009)
+ Neil Gaimans’s Girls, Part 2” (March 2009)
+ “Blood, Sweat, and Tears in Munyurangabo” (June 2009)
+ “Learning to Fly With Karl Frederickson” (July 2009)
+ “What Lies Beneath Lorna’s Silence” (August 2009)
+ “Séraphine: Standing Ajar” (September 2009)
+ “The Inglourious Dilemma, Volume One” (October 2009)
+ “The Inglourious Dilemma, Volume Two” (October 2009)
+ “Why the Wild Things Are” (November 2009)
+ “More Nightmares Before Christmas“ (December 2009)
+ “Dumping Out the Toybox” (December 2009)
+ “Strongest Impressions: Memorable Movies of 2009”—Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 (January 2010)
+ “Jarmusch 102: The Limits of Control” (April 2010)
+ “For the Love of Lost Dogs” (May 2010)
+ “Stalking the Maker of Stalker, Part 1” (May 2010)
+ “Stalking the Maker of Stalker, Part 2” (May 2010)
+ “Inception, Part 1: Mind Over What Matters” (July 2010)
+ “Inception, Part 2: The Long Road Home” (July 2010)
+ “A Week (of Movies) Can Change a Life” (August 2010)
+ “Inception, Part 1: Mind Over What Matters” (July 2010)
+ “Inception, Part 2: The Long Road Home” (July 2010)
+ “The Actor in Question” (September 2010)
+ “Maladjusted” (March 2011)
+ “Jane Eyre and the Beast” (March 2011)
+ “The Hobbit on Steroids” (2012)
+ “Learning to Read a Dance (in 3D!)“ (February 2012)
+ “All of It Was Music—Pete Horner’s World of Sound, Part 2” (March 2012)
+ “First Position and the Competition Crucible” (June 2012)
+ “Moonrise Kingdom and the Divine Symphony” (July 2012)
+ “Why I Abandoned Compliance” (September 2012)
+ “Holy Motors’ Motor Skills” (November 2012)
+ “A Tale of Two Rivers” (October 2012)
+ “Wrestling the Master” (October 2012)
+ “The Boy Who Believed in Airplanes” (January 2013)