The Last Temptation of Christ threatens not Jesus’s hold on us, the audience and the congregation, but fixed notions about which the 2,000-year phenomenon that followed in his wake has been very ...

For much of The Last Temptation of Christ, Jesus is more man than God. He has sexual desire and shows survival instincts that go against his true calling; dying for our sins.

Let’s face it. No matter how devout you are you have to admit that movies about Jesus blow, pretty much across the board.

The depiction of The Last Temptation of Christ and Scorsese behind it as godless and anti-Christian was more than just an anti-art overreaction, though. Anyone who actually took the time to watch ...

"Last Days in the Desert" - based on an original screenplay by Garcia - focuses on the 40 days between Jesus' adult baptism and the beginning of his real ministry.

Willem Dafoe recently spoke about the lasting impact of his role in the controversial 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ ...

The Last Temptation of Christ is a superhero movie.” Scorsese’s 1988 drama follows Jesus Christ (Willem Dafoe) as he struggles to overcome various temptations, including lust, fear, and doubt ...

Grindstone Pictures has acquired Christ Recrucified, the 1954 novel from Nikos Kazantzakis, whose works include Zorba The Greek and The Last Temptation Of Christ. The former’s film adaptation ...

Then I did a movie in Thailand, came back, and got a call from my agent and he said, you know, Martin Scorsese wants to talk to you. He said he’s got this project, The Last Temptation of Christ.

There is genuine challenge and hope in this movie. ”The Last Temptation of Christ” is playing at the Biograph. Rated R. (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2.

“Harry Ufland and I met in 1966, at the very beginning for me,” Scorsese wrote in a statement. “It was long before I had any kind of foothold in the movie business, and I was really struggling.