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May 2017

May 05, 2017

Chesterton would have loved “Snow White”…

...sez Steve Greydanus. I suspect he's right. Chesterton had an immense capacity for enjoying pretty...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

I think I need to go see “Paterson”

Bill Doino, Jr. and Deacon Steven Greydanus both love it. Good enough for me. It's...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

So I gather there was a little mixup at the Oscars

It's been years since I've watched them so I missed the kerfuffle, but congrats to...

February 09, 2017

Yesterday, Rod Bennett and I had a jolly time…

...talking about the history of science fiction in the cinema, with a special focus on...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Deacon Steven Greydanus has the 2016 Year End Best Of List

...over at Decent Films!

January 06, 2017

On the air with Deacon Steven Greydanus at 5 PM Eastern

...on Connecting the Dots. Today we will be talking about the latest movie news. Give...

January 04, 2017

The typically perceptive Marc Barnes…

...on the re-mystification and reverencing of the Force in Rogue One. We do not hear...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

Today we’re watching a heartwarming family holiday classic!

Henry Potter and the Building and Loan, in which a young banker with a lightning-shaped...

December 24, 2016

Yesterday, Deacon Steven Greydanus and I…

gabbed about "Silence" and "Passengers":

December 16, 2016

Because No Christmas is Complete Without It

...and because I have a deep streak of sadistic cruelty, I give you, ladies and...

December 07, 2016

Bishop Robert Barron on “Arrival”…

...and the unique manner of God's speech. A typically perceptive reading of one of the...

December 02, 2016

Deacon Steven Greydanus wants to talk…

about cartoon parents. We'll talk more about this on Connecting the Dots today at 5...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

How Catholic Catechesis Works, As Explained via a Star Wars Trailer

First, you have the text: Then, you have the Magisterial authority poring over the text...

September 2016

September 24, 2016

“Arrival” Looks Awesome

September 20, 2016

The Old Man and the Sea

Another astonishing animated work (my son put me on to this). The filmmaker, Aleksandr Petrov,...

September 19, 2016

This is amazing

Each frame is an oil painting. Obtained from the official website 12 oil paintings per...

September 15, 2016

Zita the Spacegirl is headed for the Silver Screen!

Yeah!

September 01, 2016

Katie Mlinek is a wonderful budding filmmaker

It's amazing how things work out. So, some years ago I took a walk with...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

RIP Gene Wilder

In honor of the passing of a great comic genius:

August 19, 2016

On the Air Today with Steve Greydanus at 5 PM Eastern

talking about his take on Ben-Hur and Kubo and the Two Strings. Give us a call...

August 11, 2016

Steven Greydanus writes on Hollywood’s Religion Problem

here and here and is his typically perceptive and thoughtful self. Check thou it out!

July 2016

July 02, 2016

It’s the Feel Good Movie of the Summer!

June 2016

June 24, 2016

Terence Malick will be doing a film…

...about Bl. Franz Jägerstätter, who was executed as a conscientious objector by the Nazis and...

June 11, 2016

I think I’m gonna check out Ben-Hur when it hits the screen

Some people are purists and hate remakes, but though I think the original 1925 version...

June 01, 2016

Why “Last Days in the Desert” is So Boring

The mark of heresy is that it posits an exciting new Jesus and invariably delivers...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Darth by Darthwest

Pure mashup awesomeness brought to you by video editing technology: Love the Bernard Herrmann score!

May 16, 2016

Vatican Unveils Plaque in Honor of Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty

He was the Irish priest who saved 6500 lives, most of them Jewish, from the...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

An Irish Priest Writes about “The Force Awakens” and Skellig Michael

Says he: Since its in the zeitgeist it's worth pointing out that for at least...

December 28, 2015

Matt Damon has cost us $900 billion so far

Between Saving Private Ryan, training and losing Jason Bourne, and rescuing him from various universes...

December 18, 2015