Reviews – June 2014

27/05/2014 | Reform

Questions are not enough

Transcendence Directed by Wally Pfister Certificate 12A, 119 minutes Released on 25 April

Sitting recently with a distinguished elderly couple who had just faced the possibility of imminent death, I was struck by how often older … Read More

Reviews – May 2014

28/04/2014 | Reform

An earnest epic

Noah Directed by Darren Aronofsky Certificate 12A, 137 minutes Released on 4 April

After years of controversy, Noah – Darren Aronofsky’s blood-and-thunder biblical epic – has finally been released. Bad press began in 2012, when a leaked … Read More

Reviews – April 2014

27/03/2014 | Reform

Paying for the sins
 of the fathers

Calvary Directed by John Michael McDonagh Certificate 15, 100 minutes Released on 11 April

Brendan Gleeson’s Father James is a better priest than we are used to seeing on screen. A man of … Read More

Reviews – March 2014

19/02/2014 | Reform

Theologies in Asia

The Lotus and the Sun: Asian theological engagement with plurality and power D Preman Niles Barton Books, $35 (AUS)

D Preman Niles, a Sri Lankan Christian, has served in theological education and mission leadership at the Christian … Read More

Reviews – February 2014

27/01/2014 | Reform

Meeting an old friend
 for the first time

Confessions St Augustine, translated by 
Fr Benignus O’Rourke Darton, Longman and Todd £12.99

I have a confession of my own to make: I had never actually read Augustine before. Like many of … Read More

Reviews – December 2013/January 2014

21/11/2013 | Reform

Faith and atheism
 search together

Philomena Directed by Stephen Frears Certificate 12A, 94 minutes Released on 1 November

This is the true story of Philomena Lee – wonderfully played by Judi Dench – who with the help of journalist Martin … Read More