There are some things you should know about me and Jesus. I was twelve years old in 1964. On Good Friday of that year, I was just about ready to set out on my bike for the services at St. Rita’s Church when my mother mentioned in passing that Jesus wasn’t Catholic. What a shock! If Jesus wasn’t Catholic, then why all the fuss about having Protestant friends? And why hadn’t anyone told me before that he was Jewish? I felt like I had been scammed and now I’d have to recalibrate … [Read more...]
How to communicate: babies teach the way
March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My sister posted these on Facebook and I could not resist sharing them with you! Look at the body language, facial expression, voice tone, laughter. What are they talking about? … [Read more...]
“Death of the Critic” Panel April 2, 2011, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
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Waiting for Superman – DVD release today
February 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I am reposting my review ... the DVD came out today. REally too bad it was not nominated for an Oscar. One of the most important films of the year - the decade. 'Waiting for Superman' by Sr. Rose Pacatte Davis Guggenheim got the idea for Waiting for “Superman” one day as he drove his kids to an expensive private school. He passed a downtrodden public school and wondered about kids who didn't have a choice. The film's concept was formulated in early 2008 and Waiting for “Superman" … [Read more...]
Hollywood rips off Shakespeare: Henry V & Independence Day
August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today a friend posted Kenneth Branagh's St Crispan's Day Speech from Henry V on Facebook and I was reminded of one of Hollywood's great rip offs of Shakespeare. Listen, compare it with Bill Pullman's Independence Day speech from the film ... enjoy! True, it's old news, but a good example of extreme intertextuality! President's Speech Independence Day … [Read more...]
The Twilight Saga: Basically a love story
July 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
For a film essay by Sr. Hosea Rupprecht and I, visit The Tidings or a slightly different version at Arkansas Catholic. … [Read more...]
Avatar: Riffing with Myth
January 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
Avatar: Riffing with Myth By Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP “People can say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that what’s we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within out innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alone. That’s what it’s all finally about, and that’s what these clues (myths) help … [Read more...]
Stuff White People Like – review? commentary? Both?
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Click here for my review and/or commentary on this book.... Stuff White People Like … [Read more...]
Screen Memories by A. O. Scott (or ten most influential films of the last decade)
November 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
llustrations by Cristiana Couceiro; clockwise from top left: “The Best of Youth,” Miramax Films/Photofest. “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” Universal Pictures/Photofest. “Million Dollar Baby,” Warner Brothers/Photofest. “Wall-E,” Disney/Photofest (2). Take a look at this interesting article by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott. I found his Top Ten most influential films of interest as well, though he left out The Matrix which to me remains the most defining film of the last … [Read more...]
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