Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Summa This, Summa That

Home
Catholic

Streaming Video Suggestions

Select a Category Art Baseball Faith Family Lenten Music Movies Music No Commentary Necessary Parked By the Jukebox Photography Politics Quodlibets Streaming Video Suggestions Summa Short Films Television The Man Behind the Booth Through a Lens, Darkly

Select a Month December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 July 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 November 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010

November 2015

November 20, 2015

SVS: “Air Force One”

And suddenly, I feel old. Today's recommendation is made in honor of seeing an aging Harrison...

November 13, 2015

SVS: “Lawrence of Arabia”

If we've been telling lies, you've been telling half-lies. A man who tells lies, like...

November 06, 2015

SVS: “The Killer”

If you're a lover of high-octane, high-body-count, no-holds-barred action films, yet your only experience with the...

November 04, 2015

Ned Devine’s Parting Glass

Take a drink and remember the man. And raise your spirits to the sky. Raise...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

SVS: “The Bourne Identity”

Tomorrow's Halloween, so it's time for my first-ever horror Streaming Video Suggestion (SVS), right? Except...

October 23, 2015

SVS: “Blackthorn”

Given that I was out of town at the start of this week, today sort of snuck...

October 16, 2015

This Week’s Suggestion — “Lilo & Stitch” — And A Quick OOTO Announcement

Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw! I'll be stepping away from the blog for...

October 09, 2015

SVS: “Avatar: The Last Airbender”

I wasn't quite sure what I was going to recommend today. (The weeks feel like...

October 02, 2015

SVS: “Iris”

Today's film is perhaps best thumbnail-sketched as "The Legendary, Dearly -Departed Documentarian, Albert Maysles, Makes...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

SVS: “Mostly Martha”

Hey, look! Another film about cooking and chefs and saving one's relationships with one's children...

September 18, 2015

SVS: “Moonrise Kingdom”

If you're not a fan of the highly distinctive brand of Wryly Quirky and Meticulously-Centered Hipster...

September 04, 2015

Today’s “SVS?” My (Almost) Favorite Dean Jones Film

Most of the obituaries and testimonials regarding recently-departed Disney legend Dean Jones have focused on what many...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

SVS: “Chef”

Steven Greydanus is right in saying that the film is (perhaps) a little too eager...

August 21, 2015

SVS: “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”

Today's Streaming Video Suggestion (SVS) is going to be a bit of an R&R (Recommend-And-Run),...

August 14, 2015

SVS: “Babe”

I know today's claim is going to be a bit of a controversial one, but I'm going...

August 07, 2015

SVS: “Conspiracy Theory”

Director Richard Donner is surely best known as the man behind the original Superman, which many (if...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Today’s SVS? My OTHER Favorite Selkie Movie, “Song of the Sea!”

Remember a few weeks ago when I told everyone to watch John Sayles' The Secret...

July 24, 2015

SVS: “Dear Frankie”

Still in "Much Too Hasty" mode, but one of my "Draft-and-Follow" films just popped up...

July 03, 2015

Today’s Streaming Suggestion? “The Secret of Roan Inish”

Last year, I went hunting for a holiday-appropriate film to recommend, and thought that Frank Capra's mythical Mr....

June 2015

June 26, 2015

SVS: “Shaolin Soccer”

"A down-on-his-luck ex-soccer player, injured during a rigged match, joins forces with a former monk...

June 19, 2015

SVS: “Finding Nemo”

I have to get out of here! I have to find MY SON! I have...

June 12, 2015

SVS: “Lost in La Mancha”

Lost in La Mancha, the 2002 documentary detailing Crazy Terry Gilliam's™ ill-fated attempts to make a...

June 05, 2015

SVS: “The Great Escape”

Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape....

May 2015

May 29, 2015

SVS: “Ernest & Celestine”

I'm too busy chasing after my kids (and watching 'em sunburn) to compose a proper...

May 22, 2015

SVS: “Seven Chances”

I'm kind-of on vacation right now. As much as one can be on vacation with...

May 15, 2015

SVS: “Jeeves and Wooster”

Earlier this week, right after I discovered (and almost-simultaneously posted) this hilarious little clip of Hugh Laurie...

May 08, 2015

SVS: “His Girl Friday”

WHEREAS it's been over a year since I recommended a Cary Grant film (which is far too...

May 01, 2015

SVS: “The Quiet Man”

I'll begin at the beginnin'. A fine soft day in the spring, it was, when...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

SVS: “Groundhog Day”

Little League Season (aka, Full-On Parental Insanity) is upon me, which means my Instinct for...

April 17, 2015

SVS: “Sunset Boulevard”

A murder has been reported from one of those great big houses in the ten...

Related posts from Summa This, Summa That

Catholic

SVS: "Lawrence of Arabia"

Summa This, Summa That

Catholic

SVS: "The Bourne Identity"

Summa This, Summa That

Catholic

The Brutality of Grace

Summa This, Summa That

Catholic

The Surprising Link Between Lucretius' "On the Nature...

Summa This, Summa That

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos