Jesus (Gregorio Duvivier) arrives from the desert after 40 days to a surprise birthday party. Pic credit: Marios Kotsos/YouTube. The First Temptation of Christ is a satirical comedy currently ...

Imagine a story in which Jesus Christ shirked his religious obligations and instead pursued a career as… a gay juggler. That’s the basic plot of The First Temptation of Christ on Netflix, a ...

The actor, who played Jesus in the movie, recalled the controversy snowballing into "an antisemitic thing." Dafoe said that the film was "too scandalous for people" who he doesn't believe actually ...

The saga of Netflix’s The First Temptation of Christ continues. This week, a Brazilian judge ordered Netflix to remove the Christmas comedy special, which depicts Jesus Christ as a gay man, after ...

Reviving one of the more-notable battles in the culture wars, albeit a battle first fought 30 years ago, two people have complained to the Maricopa County Community College District about segments of ...

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 garnered ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Let’s face it. No matter how devout you are you have to admit that movies about Jesus blow, ...

The Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent always deals with Jesus’ temptation in the desert, but Mark’s account is relatively sparse (a mere two verses) and devoid of details about the temptations. It ...

Willem Dafoe is reflecting on his controversial performance as Jesus in 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ. The 70-year-old actor recalled starring in the Martin Scorsese epic during a master class ...