Presby-Musings

True Grit: Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld, Barry Pepper, J.K. Simmons I recently posted a review of Kathleen Falsani's awesome book, " The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers ."  (If you missed it, you can find it here .)  The Coen brothers (Joel & Ethan) are the writer/director duo who have given the cinematic world soon-to-be-classic gems like Raising Arizona , O Brother Where Art Thou , Fargo , No Country For Old Men and some "you have to be a fan to love them" movies like Barton Fink , The Hudsucker Proxy , Intolerable Cruelty & Ladykillers.   Falsani, a religion writer for the Chicago Sun-Times , points out that there is a thread of theology that seems to weave it's way through all of the Coen brothers works.  In her opinion, each of the Coen Brothers movies is a morality tale of sorts.  There are heroes aplenty in the Coen's films, ...

The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers by Cathleen Falsani; Zondervan, 2010 Cathleen Falsani is easily one of my favorite writers who also happens to be a Christian.  I rather like describing her that way because it's hard to fit her into the typical "Christian" writer mold.  I also rather like that Zondervan publishes her work, which ensures that it at least gets marketed to a "Christian" audience that quite frankly needs to hear what she has to say. Falsani is an award-winning religion columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times , and a graduate of the slightly conservative, evangelical, private Wheaton College in Illinois.  She's also the author of a fantastic book of essays on grace, faith, God and everything entitled Sin Boldly.   She's also a huge fan of the Coen Brothers , which endears me to her even more.  The Coen Brothers are the writer/director duo that have been responsible for such Oscar winning movies as Fargo, O Broth...