This list is a selection of Lou Kaloger’s favorite books, films and recordings.
It is not necessarily a list of those he considers to be the best in each of these categories.
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Visual Faith by William A. Dyrness
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
The Story of Film by Mark Cousins
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Engaging with God by David A. Peterson and I. Howard Marshall
Ancient-Future Faith by Robert Webber
American Jesus by Stephen R. Prothero
Surprised by Hope by N. T. Wright
Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen
Memento by Christopher Nolan
Magnolia by P. T. Anderson
The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather, Part 2 by Francis Ford Coppola
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Michel Gondry
The Straight Story by David Lynch
Babette’s Feast by Gabriel Axel
The Matrix by Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Giant Steps by John Coltrane
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants by Miles Davis
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Mingus Au Um by Charles Mingus
Rubber Soul by The Beatles
The White Album by The Beatles
Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Van Morrison, a Night in San Francisco by Van Morrison
The Nightfly by Donald Fagan