Interviews: Scott Derrickson - Christianity Today Movies
Thoughtful interview with Scott Derrickson, a Christian screenwriter who wrote the soon-to-be-released The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Though I don’t think I’d go so far as to call horror the “perfect” Christian genre, it certainly has an important place.

Biopics of saints tend to suffer from deadly saccharinity, but this four-hour dramatic look at the life of Karol Wjotjyla up to the time he became Pope John Paul II avoids that pitfall without falling into its counter-temptation, i.e., the urge to deconstruct. It’s a straightforward and very moving film, shot on location; the actors [...]

If you, like Clan Murphy, are always on the lookout for well-made films suitable for the whole family, you should check out this list from The British Film Institute.

The Northwest Authors Blog has posted an interview with me, hosted by Marlene Moore of Northwestwriters.com.

This is a quick note to let you all know that I’ll be blogging only sporadically the next few weeks, while I attend to some no-longer-put-offable deadline-keeping, housekeeping (Murphy household and Idylls Press), typesetting, reviewing, writing, and screenwriting chores. Yikes, where is a clone when you need one?
The writing/screenwriting parts will at least be unusually [...]