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.

The star-studded new kids’ movie “The King of Kings” cleverly tells the story of the gospels with a creative framing device.