Here, for Easter, are some of our favorite movie Messiahs. 'Ben Hur' (1925) Jesus — here an outstretched hand — is just one of the attractions in this famous silent blockbuster.

Jesus is, technically speaking, a walk-on in "Ben Hur" — in both films He is seen only fleetingly, as an outstretched hand, or from the back of a head. But make no mistake: He's the real star of ...

Jesus has been a movie star ever since D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916) made him one of four interlocking stories of of man's inhumanity to man.

John Hurt played the role of Jesus in 1981 parody film History of the World, Part I. The film funnily depicts the Last Supper scene, with Brooks’s character Comicus interrupting Jesus as they ...

Prominent Hollywood actor Chris Pratt recently included Jesus on the list of things he can t live without in the latest ...

A24 films and a crowdfunded Jesus series approved to shoot through the actors’ strike. ... SAG released a list of films that have approval to continue shooting during the broader actors’ strike.

The Cannes film market 2024 is full of movies for buyers. ... Two Cage projects (one in which he plays Jesus’ father), Stewart and Oscar Isaac as ’80s-era vampires, more Cronenberg, and a ...

Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind some of cinema’s most iconic works, had planned to begin shooting two highly anticipated films back-to-back this year. One was a biblical epic ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Jesus Film Project is producing an animated “Jesus” film that is set to release in theaters around Christmas 2025. “Do you realize that there are more people in the ...

The movies have portrayed Jesus in various ways. But then, so did the gospels. For Easter, we look at some favorites.

Jesus has been a movie star ever since D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916) made him one of four interlocking stories of of man's inhumanity to man. He's been everything from a stern Marxist (Pasolini ...