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 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.

I went to see the movie — which earned a record-breaking $19 million in its opening weekend at the box office — with my family, thinking it would be relatively uncontroversial. But “the ...

It’s the first full-length movie about Jesus that was made by deaf people for a deaf audience. All of the actors involved are fluent in American Sign Language.

Jesus Revolution is a movie about a pastor who learns to love the “other.” If Hollywood can take that message to heart, we may see a renaissance of the art form to everyone’s benefit.

So maybe in the next movie, Jesus will sound like a Yeshivish guy with a strong Ashkenazi intonation. He could even have a Brooklyn accent. As long as it’s clear he’s Jewish.

And there’s plenty to analyze. Christian movies and TV are a newly booming industry. There have always been niche movies aimed at a religious crowd, but they were more closely associated with ...

“Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film,” which carries the tagline “for Deaf, by Deaf,” stars Gideon Firl as the Messiah who, like all of the primary cast, signs his way through the role.