25 things to look out for on the blog

I've decided it might be fun to give you a little run down of what the next few months (or maybe years) are going to have to have in stock. I usually resist this kind of nailng your colours to the mast exercise, but sometimes it's quite helpful and I htink now might be one of those times. If I'm ever going to get my book written I should probably get on with it. Plus there are other obligations I have to meet and things I want to cover, not least the three films based on the gospels that are due out before the end of the year. So here's a list of them, either to whet your appetite, or to help you steer clear for a while...

Firstly there are 18 films

Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914)
Salome (1922)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
Samson and Delilah (1922)
Lot in Sodom (1933)
The Greatest Commandment (1939)
Salome (1953)
Barabbas (1961)
Il Vecchio Testamento (The Old Testament) (1962)
I Grandi Condottieri (Samson and Gideon) (1965)
Jesus, Nuestro Senor (1971)
Moses und Aron (1973)
Jacob and Joseph (1974)
Wholly Moses (1981)
St. John in Exile (1986)
Book of Life (1998)
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)
Noah (2014)
Chasing the Star (2017)
Mary Magdalene (2017)
The Star (2017)

Then there are three series I'll be continuing to dip into

The Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978-79)
A.D. The Bible Continues (2015)
Pioneers of African-American Cinema

Then a few books

"The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema" - David Shepherd et al.
"Hollywood Biblical Epics: Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the Silent Era to the Modern Day" - Richard A. Lindsay
"Judas Iscariot: Damned or Redeemed" - Carol A. Hebron

Lastly there's a piece on the Lion's Den that I need to write as well.

This ridiculous optimist in me likes to think I could get this all done by New Year. More realistically this list is going to take a while to get through and other things will emerge before it's done. Perhaps Christmas 2018 is a more realistic target. Still it's good to have something to aim at...