I was talking with a coworker recently. An English major when he was in college who loves writing stories and reading Dostoevsky, he is now studying at the seminary in order to hopefully plant a church overseas someday. We spoke of stories we liked and environments that seemed to inspire us, like gothic buildings and … Continue reading The Artist-Pastor Identity Crisis, Part 2
Category: Imagination
The Magic Places
As children, I think we need these places. We need places where dangers lurk, mysteries lie beneath the surface, and doorways to other worlds wait to be discovered.
Cinema Gothic: The 21st Century
From ghosts and demons to psychosis and the mysteries lying in-between, these are tales for our generation that harken back to classics past.
Cinema Gothic: The 1990s
The 1990s began with some award-winning masterpieces, followed by international films that would shape the future of the genre.
Cinema Gothic: The 1980s
The 1980s were dominated by low-budget bloodbaths, but a handful of stylish, A-rate productions went against the tide and still stand today as amazing cinematic contributions to the genre.
Cinema Gothic: The 1970s
The 1970s featured a surprisingly direct approach to spiritual warfare shown in now legendary pictures like several of these films.
Cinema Gothic: The 1960s
The 1960s produced another true golden era for the horror genre. These five films of the 1960s run the expanse of subject and style, but each one has the ability to rattle our sensibilities.
Cinema Gothic: The 1950s
In the 1950s, Universal ventured into new waters with The Creature from the Black Lagoon, while a small studio in England reinvented the characters that had made Universal great for a new generation.
Cinema Gothic: The 1940s
Even as the world faced its own terrors with the most expansive war in history, Hollywood continued to make modes of escape, even if it had to slash budgets to do so. Smaller budgets, however, did not prevent some real gems from emerging.
Cinema Gothic: The 1930s (part 2)
The 1930s continued onward, with each film bringing more nuanced characters and plot-lines into the mix and, with them, some of the most striking performances on film.