Parasite overtakes The Passion of the Christ as biggest ever foreign language film in the UK
The Oscar-winning thriller beats record previously held by Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical drama
June 2016
Mel Gibson to focus on resurrection for Passion of the Christ 2
The director is to follow up his 2004 hit about the crucifixion with a film featuring Jesus’s return to life, to be scripted by Gibson’s long-time collaborator Randall Wallace
July 2014
A movie miracle: how Hollywood found religion
With almighty ticket sales for religious films from Noah to Heaven is for Real, 2014 could be ‘the year of the Bible movie’ – but Hollywood and holiness are unlikely bedfellows. Tom Shone reports
May 2011
Film blog
Jim Caviezel's Hollywood Golgotha
Jim Caviezel claims The Passion of the Christ made him a Hollywood outcast
April 2010
Reel history
The Passion of the Christ: not the gospel truth
Reel history: From bloodthirsty torture to big slithery snakes, Mel Gibson's gory 2004 biopic of Jesus of Nazareth does not stick religiously to its biblical sources
September 2009
Darwin biopic Creation finally secures US distributor
The film will be handled by the same independent distributor that helped Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ to box-office success
December 2006
Why the Life of Brian beats The Passion of The Christ
Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode: Movies as diverse as Ken Russell's The Devils, Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ, and even Monty Python's Life of Brian have all been branded as blasphemous and attracted sanctimonious calls for bans, yet all provided platforms for the serious and heated discussion of issues of faith in an increasingly materialistic, secular society.
August 2006
News blog
Mel needs less passion for the spirit
Whatever spirit The Passion of the Christ director Mel Gibson has been full of recently chances are it wasn't holy. The Australian megastar's arrest for drink driving early last Friday morning has led to renewed accusations that he harbours anti-Semitic feelings.
March 2005
Gibson resurrects The Passion
Gibson re-edits Passion for Easter audience
November 2004
No Oscar advertising for Gibson's Passion
No Golden Globe for Passion or Fahrenheit 9/11
August 2004
The Passion of the Christ
Cert 18
July 2004
Malaysian censors say Passion is only for Christians
Malaysian film censors have passed Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ uncut, but have stipulated that only Christians may see the movie
June 2004
Mel Gibson tops celebrity 'power list'
Passion of the Christ director given top spot by Forbes magazine's celebrity 100
