“Creation” Can’t Find a Distributor in America
“It has got a deal everywhere else in the world but in the U.S., and it’s because of what the film is about. People have been saying this is the best film they’ve seen all year, yet nobody in the U.S. has picked it up. It is unbelievable to us that this is still a really hot potato in America,” Jeremy Thomas, the Oscar-winning producer of Creation, said. (Anita Singh, Telegraph)

Faith in the Future
Harvard Divinity Professor Harvey Cox has a lot of interesting observations after a career thinking about the state of religion in the world, but among his central arguments is this: “I do not think fundamentalisms are going to last much longer.” (Michael Paulson, Articles of Faith, Boston.com)

BOOKS
The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood’s novel is a true page-turner, teetering between the crackling prose of depraved hellfire and angelic words of spiritual reflection. (Omar Majeed, Canwest News Service)

MOVIES
The Invention of Lying
Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and first-timer Matthew Robinson, the film unfolds in a universe where human beings have never evolved the ability to tell lies, or even fudge the facts a little. (Justin Chang, Variety)

EXHIBIT
On the Origin of Species: Texts and Contexts for Charles Darwin’s Great Work
An exhibit at Southern Methodist University tries to put the seminal scientific work into perspective to help people understand the ideas that shaped the book and its author. (Holly Hacker, The Dallas Morning News)