Aliens, Atomics Bombs, and Artificial Intelligence
Three nuclear explosions blasted across my screen when I went to see Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City several weeks ago. One of them was in...
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- Jul 27
From Tennessee to Tasmania: An interview with Pete Peterson on The Hiding Place
Fifty years have passed since Corrie Ten Boom’s story, The Hiding Place, captivated audiences with her heroic testimony of a family...
- Jul 26
The Myths of Oppenheimer
As an English professor who is particularly interested in mythology and the role that stories play in helping us making meaning of our...
- Jul 17
Reading The Bible Is Like Watching Foreign Cinema
I saw a tweet recently that said “contrary to what people on twitter will tell you, watching 1960s latvian arthouse films or whatever...
- Jun 22
Join The Hiding Place Book Club
Join our book club to read Corrie Ten Boom’s beloved memoir The Hiding Place ahead of the global cinematic release of A. S. “Pete”...
- Jun 14
The Broken Brotherhoods of Post-Pandemic Cinema
Back in April, I saw two movies in theaters: CREED III and the theatrical re-release of the Indian blockbuster RRR at the magnificent...
- Jun 7
A Global Cinema Event: The Hiding Place
A year ago this month, Rabbit Room Theatre launched with my stage adaptation of Corrie Ten Boom’s The Hiding Place. It was a project that...
- May 17
But It Never Gets Easy: A Review of Running With Our Eyes Closed
We could never go back and be strangers All our secrets are mixed and distilled But you’ve taught me to temper my anger And you’ve...
- Mar 14
The Healing Sacrament of The Cinema
It’s a recent storytelling trend, but the concept might be relevant to reality right now: sometimes, it can feel like we’re all living in...
- Feb 27
Love, Niceness, and The Banshees of Inisherin
“I don’t want to be your friend anymore.” Everyone has probably heard some variation of these words at least once in their life – and...
- Feb 2
The Rings of Power: An Invitation
If you have already begun the adventure of watching and discussing the Amazon Prime show titled The Rings of Power, hello fellow...
- Jan 25
The Subversive Ordinariness of ‘Andor’ and ‘The Chosen’
Sometime recently, I was bubbling over with praise once again for the new Star Wars series, Andor, and my wife said something that struck...
- Jan 11
Rabbit Room Recs: Our Favorite Things to Watch in 2022
Welcome back to Favorites Week here at the Rabbit Room. This week, we will be detailing some of our favorite finds of the last calendar...
- Dec 2, 2022
The Wingfeather Saga TV series is here!
I’ve been watching The Wingfeather Saga come together since the beginning and I’m so glad that today the public finally gets to see what...
- Oct 20, 2022
Extra, Extra: Stories from the Background
To my sisters and me, my dad is the main character. He is presence and purpose, laughter and adventure, wisdom and authenticity. He’s...
- Sep 26, 2022
A Wooden Boy Unbound: What Pinocchio Means to Me
I’m four years old and staring at a screen. A bizarre figure flails about on a stage, hands and feet jerked by strings. That long nose...
- Aug 22, 2022
Marcel the Shell’s Movie is Good Medicine for Our Pandemic Recovery
On my way to the office to write this review, I passed Grumpy D’s coffeehouse and saw that it had closed. This place too? So many...
- Jun 13, 2022
The Table is a Temple: A Review of Taste and See
“Why do we eat—together?” This is the central question of Andrew Brumme’s exquisite new docuseries, Taste and See, a cinematic journey...
- Jun 8, 2022
Taste and See Screening Event Guide: How to Make Ricotta
Taste and See is now streaming! And to assist you in savoring the pilot film, the Rabbit Room has partnered with the Taste and See team...
- Jun 2, 2022
(Re-)introducing the Rabbit Room Podcast
The Rabbit Room Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things Rabbit Room. Each month, co-hosts Drew Miller and Leslie Eiler Thompson...
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