by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 30, 2005 | Opinion
Home has a cost. That simple yet frightening notion gives Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” its everlasting power as a cinematic work. Beyond terrorism and killing, beyond ideology and doubt, the thought that home has a price makes “Munich” a...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 29, 2005 | News
Terrence Malick, writer and director of “The New World,” so shuns media attention that reporters rarely, if ever, get to ask him questions. Instead, we poke and prod those who work with him for clues about the man who took degrees from Harvard and the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 28, 2005 | Opinion
Grass waving, birds flocking and water rippling—those are stock shots in writer-director Terrence Malick’s latest film, “The New World,” which lays out the legendary story of Pocahontas, John Smith and John Rolfe with Malick’s usual lyricism....
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 16, 2005 | Opinion
Christians work in Hollywood. No, that’s not a misprint—that’s a fact. It’s also the subject of an important new book that lets some of these Hollywood Christians speak for themselves about working in the business and trying to improve its output....
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 9, 2005 | Opinion
When I learned of this behemoth adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ classic about the magical world of Narnia, I had doubts that the story itself would allow for a cinematic tale as gripping as, say, “The Lord of the Rings.” Now that I’ve seen the film,...
