Examples of Theocracy: Since the early days of filmmaking, theocratic rule – in its many forms – has often been depicted on screen. Cinema & TV examples of theocracy range…
Christian movies: Starring Nicolas Cage, the widely panned 2014 apocalyptic thriller Left Behind was a box office bomb – unlike (relatively) recent popular “faith movies” such as Heaven Is for…
According to numerous reports, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali refugee who has become a Dutch Member of Parliament for the conservative Liberal Party*, has announced plans to produce a film…
Protests, calls for censorship, and bombings: Starring Sunny Deol – known for flag-waving actioners like Indian and The Hero: Love Story of a Spy – Rahul Rawail’s Jo Bole So…
Clip from slain Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh’s anti-Islam short film Submission: Part 1 to be aired on Italian television’s current affairs show Punto e a capo. Freedom of expression…
Go West: Gay movie has stirred up anti-gay outrage among Bosnia and Herzegovina’s nationalists of various stripes. Ahmed Imamovic wrote and directed this contentious Bosnian War-set “Romeo and Romeo” tale.…
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea: Creationist fanatics vs. nature documentaries. Costly IMAX-geared nature movies have become the target of creationist anger for their depiction of evolution as a scientific fact.…
Muslim father vs. European son road movie is Mar del Plata Film Festival favorite: Ismaël Ferroukhi’s Road to Mecca drama The Great Journey / Le Grand Voyage features Mar del…
Priest sex movie Sins: Catholic radicals are outraged by Vinod Pande’s drama in which a priest – like Gael García Bernal in another “priest sex movie,” The Crime of Father…
Meera Nazar kiss controversy: Smooching – and, one assumes, revealing costumes – in the supernatural Bollywood thriller Nazar have reportedly led Pakistan’s Ministry of Culture to fine the Pakistani actress…
Is Hollywood anti-Christian? Despite far-right American Christians’ hand-wringing about the awards season chances of The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s controversial, ultra-violent Christian drama has been shortlisted by various…
Theo van Gogh: Brutally murdered by a Muslim radical, the Dutch filmmaker was known not only as the great-grandnephew of painter Vincent van Gogh but also as the writer and…
Gael García Bernal & Pedro Almodóvar Bad Education quotes: The Mexican actor (Y Tu Mamá También) reveals his “inner transvestite” while the Spanish filmmaker (All About My Mother) takes on…
Jesus movie hit: The second biggest domestic blockbuster of the year so far, Mel Gibson’s contentious, blood-soaked Jesus biopic The Passion of the Christ has also turned out to be…