Monthly Archives: April 2008

The Drama in the Psalms

Recently, while traveling to Stratford, England, I was reminded of William Shakespeare’s possible association with Psalm 46. Reading that psalm got me thinking of the psalms as small dramas.

April 13, 2008 – 10:19 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, Poetry, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on The Drama in the Psalms

“The Days Are Evil” – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

The Coen Brothers award-winning  film of Cormac McCarthy’s  novel, No Country for Old Men, dramatizes the Last Days of Yeats famous poem “The Second Coming.”

April 12, 2008 – 3:51 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Movies, The Gospel of the Kingdom | Comments Off on “The Days Are Evil” – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

The Player King

His last performance of Shakespeare was appropriate – The Player King in Kenneth Branagh’s film of Hamlet. To see Charlton Heston play the old actor is to understand why Lord Laurence Olivier called him America’s greatest Shakespearean actor.

April 12, 2008 – 2:30 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Movies, Theater, Videos | Comments Off on The Player King

Did the Kingdom of God Peek into American Idol ?

April 11, 2008 – 1:38 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Videos | Comments Off on Did the Kingdom of God Peek into American Idol ?