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Spirituality and Movies:
Spiritual Cinema Circle Has An Idea
Greg Wright, Managing Editor
"That's where the real future of spiritual movies is - with niche
independent filmmakers who are finding distribution channels that work
for them. Hollywood will always have a huge appetite for big tent-pole
films. But that leaves an opportunity for others to make more modest
movies about things that matter."
-Yours Truly, Kansas City Star, Dec. 19, 2009
We recently brought you news about one of the those unique distribution channels for films that matter: Official Best of Fest. Right now at Hollywood Jesus, we're running ads for another that's worth bringing to your attention: the Spiritual Cinema Circle.
As with the longer-established FilmMovement,
which aims at the more secular and broader art-house audience, the
Spiritual Cinema Circle is a monthly-fee-based club in which, as part
of your membership, you're sent a new DVD each month... not to rent and
return, but keep as part of your private movie library.
I can't say enough about outfits like Official Best of Fest, Spiritual
Cinema Circle, and FilmMovement. If you're tired of Hollywood's
predictable cycle of low-rent B-grade pseudo-indies that are designed
to do nothing more than whet your appetite for seasonal tent-pole
eye-candy, try something new. I almost guarantee you'll like it.
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The Hit List:
12 Albums for the 12 Days of Christmas
 A lot of music crosses the desks of Jacob Sahms and Nate Watts. A lot
of that piles up by the end of the year... but a lot of it sticks, too,
like fresh winter snow.
Join our music editorial team as they
take us on a tour of the best of recent Christmas releases, including a
couple from the tail end of 2008. It's a solid dozen discs for twelve
frozen-solid and glorious days of December...
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Also In Theaters
Click through to read the full reviews...
 Nine
Divine Inspiration
Jeremy Zondlo
In the life of our Lord and His Word, we find numerous definitions for
what love really is, and none of what Guido experienced fit any of
those definitions. In the end, he was left empty, searching, and
uninspired, with nothing but a blank page.
Other New Reviews...
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Featured Interview: Corneliu Porumboiu
 Director Discusses Romanian Film
Darrel Manson
Porumboiu is the writer and director of the Romanian film Police, Adjective.
While he was in Los Angeles for AFI Fest, I was able to spend some time
with him talking about the film. Also present was Corina Suteu,
Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, to help as
needed with translation. Most of the interview was in English, but
occasionally some translation was needed or Ms. Suteu would add
clarifying comments.
DM: You
and other Romanian directors whose films have made it to the US all
have a very strong sense of realism. Could you comment a bit about how
realism drives your work and the work of Romanian filmmakers in general?
CP:
I think all of us, we grew up in a period when cinema was a propaganda
tool. So this reaction is a visceral one. We are interested in Romania
today and what is happening today. At the same time I think all of us
make stories about people we know-about daily life. So I think we have
a common taste and common problematic. From here is coming this kind of
realism...
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New On DVD
Click through to read the full reviews...
 Murder by Decree
An Older, Very Different Holmes
Jacob Sahms
Christopher Plummer plays an emotional Sherlock Holmes, bent on
stopping a conspiracy to protect the Crown in a story Dan Brown would
love. The mystery will attract some of you, and the
man-against-the-world spin will attract others.
Also reviewed...
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