Christians in Cinema

How do you decide what films to see? Do the opinions of a reviewer honestly sway your decision about whether or not to attend a film? What if that reviewer is a Christian?
I’ve  had the opportunity to attend press junkets for several films in the last year. [A junket is a combination of screening and [...]

Producer Stephen McEveety has a long and rich career in Hollywood, going all the way back to an appearance as “redheaded boy” in one episode of the original Star Trek television series in 1966. Thirteen years later he had his first film credit as a production assistant. From those early beginnings, he built a career that included a long stint with Icon Entertainment, which produced several Mel Gibson films, including the blockbusters Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ.

In the next few weeks a couple of conferences are scheduled that are key to new developments in Christian film. Both are happening in Denver, Colorado, so get your tickets now and plan to go to the Mile-High City in July for the ICVM Catalyst Conference and ICRS 2009.
ICVM is International Christian Visual Media – [...]

Last week at the Gideon Conference, a roundtable discussion focused on this question. Do you make Christian films? Or are you a Christian making films? Are you a “Christian” filmmaker? How do you define yourself and the work you do?
Maybe you think it doesn’t make a difference, but it guides everything you do as a [...]

Catholic News Agency broke a story about video game giant Electronic Arts (EA) funding a publicity stunt: Marketing by protest. There are several examples (The DaVinci Code, The Last Temptation of Christ) of films whose box office was increased by the amount of negative publicity generated by protests from Christian groups, so a viral marketing [...]

Looking for a way into film? How about putting your car into a film? I just came across a notice from Boston Casting, a company that is casting for the next Mark Wahlberg film The Fighter.
They are looking for pre-1993 cars, especially ones that look old and rusty looking. They consider cars from the 1980s [...]

I’ve read several posts lately about social networking coming to an end. People are addicted to Facebook, they Twitter 24 hours a day, and they can’t seem to come out of their MySpace. So others reading that are immediately predicting an end to social media networks. I say “Not so fast.”
Businesses are just now coming [...]