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Reverend
Country of origin
USA

Rev. Paul Erik Block (*1971) is pastor at the Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the South Bronx NY (USA). He is the Executive Director of the New York Diakonia Program Steering Committee, and President of Lutheran Ministries in Higher Education of New York City. He has served as Dean of the Bronx Conference and adjunct professor of Religion at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY. His educational background includes Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School, Saint Olaf College and Oconomowoc High School in Wisconsin. Paul has interest in theology, social justice, evangelism, community organizing and currently also in cinema.

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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