Gospel

An Argentinian medical student, finding himself drawn to the countryside, houses with a Scottish/Native family where he reads the illiterate family the Gospel of Mark to then be found in a debacle of religious proportions (as he was not a pious man himself, but becomes more of a religious figure in their eyes).

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.

The plot follows the birth, preaching, teaching and miracles of Jesus. He preached and lived a radical message of God's Love and was able to heal people of lifelong disabilities and illnesses and was able to command natural phenomena.

"Buying Time" looks at how patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease want an experiment drug to be made available to them. "Gospel According to Luke" examines the Holyland work camp that some view as a religious cult. "Are You Covered?" talks to a woman who runs information seminars to help homeowners get insurance money. "Andy Rooney" talks about Mike Wallace's birthday.

J.S. Bach's ''St. John Passion'' is one of the most beloved pieces in the entire Western canon. In recent years, it has also become one of the most controversial concertized works, especially in regard to the treatment of Jews both in the Gospel text and in the musical traditions of passions and passion plays. ''Performing the Passion: J.S. Bach and the Gospel'' according to John' engages these complex issues while documenting a glorious performance by the music students of Yale's Schola Cantorum, conducted by Simon Carrington. Bach's breathtaking music is accompanied by commentary from leading Biblical scholars, musicologists and performers who lend their expertise to the narrative and illuminate the many challenges of bringing historic works to modern audiences.

St Agnes is the patron saint of chastity, engaged couples, rape victims, and virgins. So when Agnes repents and changes her ways, her decision leads her to her own end.

"Man, you are a living lie." Thus is Philip Strong, the rising young pastor of a fashionable Calvary Church, addressed by Brother Man (symbolizing the Spirit of Christ on earth). Surrounded by luxury, lionized by a wealthy congregation, Philip Strong suddenly realizes the force of these words. He has been preaching the doctrines of Christ, but his work has been the work of bare words only. To prove the truth of what he says. Brother Man leads Philip to the slums, and shows him the misery and squalor of a world which he has never known. The starving women and children, the kitchens of Hell where whiskey ruins the lives of men, impresses Philip deeply. He sees his real mission in life. He must help the downtrodden. Sarah, Philip's wife, wrapped in her social ambition, is horrified when Philip announces his determination. She refuses to permit her little daughter, Irma, to play with an orphaned child of the slums, whom Philip has brought home to shelter. She pleads with Philip to give up his new work. It means ruin and social ostracism. She scolds and bursts into a rage of fury, but Philip is firm. Goaded on by her mother, who pictures the disgrace of Philip's close association with the slums, Sarah leaves the home, taking Irma with her. Time finds Philip living in the slums, immersed in his work. Fighting the battle of the downtrodden, he arouses the hate of powerful forces. The rich of his congregation, owning the properties which house saloons, and the owners of these saloons, combine to bring about his downfall. Undaunted by threats of personal harm, he wages his war. Cheered by Brother Man in the moments when things seem most hopeless, he fights his battle with new energy. His friends gone, his little daughter dead, the wife whom he loves opposing him, he fights on. Scenting an opportunity to discredit him, the interests cause Sarah to believe that Loreen, a consumptive derelict, whom he has redeemed and sheltered in his home, is his mistress. The story is disproved and Sarah relents, but too late. The body bearing the spirit of Philip is not equal to the task. Wrecked by worry and ill-health, he gives up his life and his soul passes to the One Whose work he has been doing, and like Whom he has been crucified.

Jim Reynolds, bookkeeper for Waverly Hamilton, contracts tuberculosis, and is warned by his doctor that only a trip west will save his life. Jim is engaged to Dolly Daniels, a stenographer in the same office, to whom Hamilton, the employer, has paid considerable attention. Jim has no money to pay the expenses of his trip, and Dolly determines to ask Hamilton to advance the necessary sum, though she fears that he may demand a sacrifice from her in return. Her desire to save Jim, however, is strong enough for her to risk anything. Hamilton gives Dolly $200. He makes love to her, and she, willing to play the game to save Jim, submits. She is astounded when Hamilton asks her to marry him. To put herself in a position to give Jim more money, she agrees. Her husband is considerate to her in the extreme. He knows that she does not love him, and is willing to wait until she does. He does not suspect her love for Jim. But Hamilton's kindness makes a deep impression upon Dolly, and she finds at length that he has awakened in her heart a love beside which her infatuation for Jim was as nothing. She cannot let Jim know of her marriage. He must be kept in ignorance of anything which might hinder his recovery. She keeps the old apartment in which he lived, so as to receive his letters, and she writes him such letters as he would expect to receive from her. In time, the thought of Jim becomes only a shadow. Then, one day, a letter comes, saying that he is coming home; that he will arrive almost as soon as the letter. Even as she is reading it in the little apartment, he comes in. When she resists his caresses, he, noting her expensive clothes, accuses her of intimacy with Hamilton. Then she tells him that she is Hamilton's wife. Jim, thinking only of himself, accuses her of having tricked him, declares that he will not be left out of her good fortune. He has twenty-five of her letters, written since her marriage. He offers to sell these to her at one thousand dollars each; otherwise he will send them to Hamilton. Dolly is distracted. She considers selling her jewels, but knows that Hamilton would miss them. But the mention of jewelry gives Jim an idea. If she will give him a key to the house, he will come and get them himself and will leave the letters. Dolly is forced to submit. That night, Jim comes to the mansion. Dolly is wide-eyed waiting. Hamilton is asleep. She hears Jim open the safe, and knows that he will soon be gone. Then there is a crash. In leaving, Jim has knocked over a vase. Hamilton wakes and dashes into the hall. At the head of the stairs he meets Jim. The two men lock in a struggle. Jim is armed, and in self-defense, Hamilton hurls him down the stairs. Hamilton has secured the revolver and as Jim, rising, throws a heavy vase at Hamilton, he fires. In the safe, Dolly finds her letters. Hamilton has not recognized Jim, and takes Dolly in his arms, telling her that the man was only a "thief in the night."

Sebastian, Chief Archer in the Roman Army, converts to Christianity. A favorite of Emperor Augustus, Sebastian's devotion to Christ eventually drives him to reject the Emperor's love, causing the Emperor to angrily order Sebastian to be shot with arrows by his fellow archers. The film retells this mystery play with a definite 'art-house' approach: an almost poetical use of language, singing, dancing, some homoerotic themes, and some special effects.

For reasons unknown to Master Chief, Halo 3 multi player is exceptionally laggy and decides to give Devil May Cry 4 and Call of Duty 4 a shot.

This richly colored picture revives an interesting incident in French history and shows us some of the famous events connected with the overthrow of the power of Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette. In the first scene we see the royal family, which consists of King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and their two daughters, and their son. Louis XVII. The latter is heir presumptive to the French throne. They are apparently very happy in their domestic surroundings, but the nation is precipitating itself into the horrors of revolution and the next view shows us the mob surrounding the palace and beating its way into the royal family's private quarters. The latter flee for their lives from one part of the palace to another in a vain attempt to evade the ruffians. Finally the mob takes possession of the palace and subjects the royal family to the most humiliating insults, keeping them prisoners in a room where the guards watch over them until the time comes for the King to be torn from his loved ones and condemned to death. The little heir to the throne is then torn from his heartbroken mother and turned over to the care of the cobbler Simon, who takes him to his hut and abuses the little fellow most shamefully, subjecting him to all sorts of trying insults. Finally the little fellow is thrown into a dungeon, where in a dream he sees his noble father going to be executed. When the child is nearly dead from exposure and starvation he is taken out of his prison and carried to the home of a sympathizer, where, in the presence of a few kind ones, he passes away.

The play, which is carefully treated, gives a sharply incised picture of Stephen. He is represented as traveling to Jerusalem, at the bidding of Peter, to preach there in the streets But freedom of speech is not permitted in Jerusalem, and Stephen is soon arraigned before the judges of the city to answer a charge of contravention of one of the Jewish laws. He has succored an ailing man, it is declared by the hypocritical Pharisees, on the Sabbath. The crime is less to them than the newcomer's teaching, but it is sufficient for the preacher's condemnation, and he is given to the people, who. influenced by the impassioned words of their leaders, shriek out their hatred of him. He is dragged by the populace beyond the precincts of the city, and there, without one friendly word to sound in his ears as he passes over the borderland of life, he suffers the supreme martyrdom. He is stoned to death by the howling, infuriated mob, who, as they crash the life out of him, have no pity nor admiration for a man who could not only die alone, but who could do the braver thing of living and working alone.

Spain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.

Vittorio Innocente, a young man, estranged from the tragedies of his Italian immigrant family, has spent his adult life denying his past. When his estranged father starts to stalk Vittorio's sister, Rita, with murderous intent, Vittorio is moved to return to his family and uncover the decades-old secrets that have torn his family apart.

The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth with the supposed impression of a crucified Christ. Scientists investigate the claims surrounding it and other mysterious relics in this episode. Are the relics real? What about the powers claimed for them?