TCC Films: The Shawshank Redemption
The Christ-figure in the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins). Though innocent Andy spends 19 years in Shawshank prison. He fights for his dignity and the...
View ArticleTCC Films: Cool Hand Luke
No one but Paul Newman would have been cool enough to play Luke in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. Luke is a flawed Christ figure who refuses to submit to the authority of the prison gaurds in his bleak...
View ArticleTCC Films: Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Far from the Madding Crowd makes breathtaking cinema, the perfect October romance to curl up with as you imagine harvest time while sipping your pumpkin spice latte. Set...
View ArticleTCC Films: Room
“I haven’t seen a movie that made me think about faith in such a powerful, poignant way.” I’m nervous to see the film Room, because I loved the novel by Emma Donoghue. Her book captured what it feels...
View ArticleTCC Films: The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse (2014) tells the true story of Genesis (Gen) Potini, a New Zealand chess master with bipolar disorder. After being released from a mental hospital, Gen seeks to do something positive...
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