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March 2025

March 18, 2025

Adolescence: Netflix series asks what lies beneath

Deserves To Be Seen And Awarded Last weekend, I watched "Adolescence," the new four-part Netflix...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

It’s Media Literacy Week! Hollywood and Hope: Looking at Social Justice and Human Rights and Social Justice through a Critical Media Literacy Lens

On this tenth anniversary of the celebration of "global media and information literacy week" in...

April 2021

April 24, 2021

Sr. Rose’s Oscar Ballot 2021 (picks and some guesses!)

Sr. Rose’s 2021 Oscar Ballot ( Name or title in Bold ITALICS is my pick...

May 2019

May 04, 2019

‘Non-Fiction’ shows people lost in a publishing limbo (Doubles vies)

I would like to introduce you to a film by the writer-director Richard Linklater...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

“Faith-based vs. faith-filled in Hollywood: Is there a difference?” Guest post by Fr. Eddie Siebert, SJ

This is a "guest post" x two actually because it is my friend and Catholic...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Nuns and social media: link to Al Jazeera’s “The Stream”

Here's the link to "Social Sisters" that aired on Al Jazeera's Online show "The Stream"...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

“Twitteresque” reviews of 86 films I saw in 2013 (and my Top Five)

I watched about 100 movies in 2013 and liked many of them for the...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

“War of the Worlds” the most famous invasion that never happened – 75th anniversary documentary PBS Oct 29

"War of the Worlds," PBS American Experience 9 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday (Check local listings)...

March 2013

March 16, 2013

Pope Francis speaks to journalists about his name, wanting a church that is poor, and role of media

This morning Pope Francis revealed why he chose the name Francis and then spoke...

March 15, 2013

“Mea Culpa: Silence in the House of God” SIGNIS statement on HBO film about clergy sex abuse scandal

The following is a statement about this HBO film from SIGNIS, the World...

January 2013

January 13, 2013

Want to be a film critic?

When I watch films for review I am attracted by two elements: relationships and mystery....

November 2012

November 12, 2012

Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, PBS, check local listings & Hulu

The notice announcing Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney’s new documentary “Park Avenue: Money, Power...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Scare yourself thin: horror movies help burn calories study finds

Watching scary movies can help you burn the calorific equivalent of a small chocolate bar,...

October 24, 2012

Ear Worms: the sound track in my head

Do tunes every get stuck in your ears? I call sticky tunes ear worms. Here...

October 04, 2012

Media’s part in the culture of guns

"Fourth of July parade, 2011, Independence, Calif.," by photographer Craig Semetko, ...

September 2012

September 15, 2012

Cardinal Dolan & Stephen Colbert meet Fordham c/o Jim Martin, SJ to evangelize anew

I was not there last night, where new kinds of Bronx cheers...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises

After eight years, Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) has finally rid Gotham of its criminal...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Bows, arrows and a sword: Girls rock this year on film

2012 is turning out to be a banner year for films with significant female lead...

June 2012

June 23, 2012

BRAVE and nine more reviews at “Sister Rose Goes to the Movies”

For reviews of BRAVE, Madagascar 3, MEN IN BLACK 3, The Avengers, CHIMPANZEE, Dark Shadows,...

June 11, 2012

New York’s Mayor Bloomberg needs to get out more – to the movies

From my blog at National Catholic Reporter last week: And by this I mean to...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Apocalyptic Themes in Cinema

Click here to view the presentation I gave last night at St. Monica's Parish in Santa...

May 08, 2012

The Voice 2012 – who will win? Jermaine Paul gets my vote!

What I love about "The Voice" - the blind auditions. What I don't like about...

April 2012

April 02, 2012

We Have a Pope – REEL TALK with Stephen Farber special screening and panel April 2 Landmark, Westwood (Los Angeles)

Monday, April 2 at 7pm: WE HAVE A POPE. This wry comic drama from Italian director Nanni Moretti...

March 2012

March 09, 2012

“Game Change” focuses plenty on Palin but lacks punch

February 2012

February 11, 2012

The Vow

When I learned that Rachel McAdams was going to play the lead role in what...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Hallmark hits a home run with ‘A Smile as Big as the Moon’

My review in the National Catholic Reporter: Hallmark hits a home run with 'A Smile as...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

Cardinal John P. Foley, first President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communication, dies at 76

Here is the article in the New York Times: Cardinal Foley had a wonderful...

December 12, 2011

New movie review site at RCL Benziger for Catechesis & Religious Education

Click here to access site

October 2011

October 22, 2011

The Cinema of Adoption

To go along with National Adoption Month in the US, here is a link...

October 04, 2011

Hope&Joy Communication and Culture program begins!

Hi everyone! I am so happy to be here in South Africa again, to be...