There are two notable birthdays today: that of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek‘s original Uhura, and of cinema itself. The movies are turning 115, while Nichols is only 78. Both hold important places in our cultural history, but one wouldn’t be there without the other.

The Winter 2010/2011 issue of New Identity Magazine also features the roll-out of my new column, “The Space Between: Seeking the Sacred Between the Pages of Pop Culture.” Check it out on pages 32-33. You can read the issue online or buy the print edition for 25% Off through December 31, 2010. This issue, I’m [...]

The Bible has been a source for cinematic material since the earliest days of filmmaking. Mostly, it seems a rather quaint genre to many of us today. We tend to think of Bible films as placid Sunday School tales, slavishly reproduced for pious viewing. There is, however, much more to not only the genre of [...]