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October 2012

October 24, 2012
Do tunes every get stuck in your ears? I call sticky tunes ear worms. Here...
October 19, 2012
Dragons come in many forms. And so do heroes. This feature-length documentary from filmmaker Ben...
October 18, 2012
In the last month or so, a narrative film, a documentary and a poster on...
October 17, 2012
  Director/writer Andrea Arnold's anti-romantic narrative is a journey to the center of human darkness...
October 12, 2012
There’s a lot to like about this midlife transformation movie about a bowling champion who...
October 12, 2012
  "The Flat," an award-winning documentary, follows the story of Israeli documentary filmmaker Arnon Goldfinger,...
October 10, 2012
  Bob Revere (Marshall R. Teague) is a patriotic pharmacist who takes care of a...
October 06, 2012
Last night Sister Marie surprised us by making supper according to what St. Hildegard of...
October 04, 2012
"Fourth of July parade, 2011, Independence, Calif.," by photographer Craig Semetko,        ...
October 03, 2012
In 1995 I returned from two years of graduate study at the University of London's...
October 01, 2012
I wondered on Facebook about Dexter's theology in last night's episode (season premiere) as well...
October 01, 2012
This is my #1 anticipated film with The Hobbit a close second. Les Miz opens...
October 01, 2012
"Half the Sky" 9 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Central Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 PBS Almost...

September 2012

September 27, 2012
Jamie (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a single mom in urban Pittsburgh, struggling to support her 7-year-old...
September 22, 2012
Samantha Crawford (Lynn Collins) is a children’s author. She and her husband live on a...
September 21, 2012
  In the scheme of family, church, and world events, this Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards show sinks...
September 20, 2012
A few summers ago, I had taken to driving to St. John's Health Center in...
September 16, 2012
This low-budget documentary is about five years, and five cameras, in the life of a...
September 15, 2012
  I hated this movie. It’s not a bad movie, I just hated it.  And...
September 15, 2012
      I was not there last night, where new kinds of Bronx cheers...
September 12, 2012
Rebecca Hamilton is a colleague Catholic blogger here at Patheos. Rebecca is a state representative...
September 12, 2012
This fantasy story takes place in a broken-down rural Texas town where people are being...
September 11, 2012
I wrote a blog post for the National Catholic Reporter today noting the death of...
September 11, 2012
    Earlier this year I reviewed "October Baby" for On Faith and Media: “October...
September 10, 2012
Last year, for the 10th anniversary of September 11, I wrote this reflection as a...
September 09, 2012
Iris is “A journey through the world of cinema” as seen through the lens (iris...
September 08, 2012
I saw this interview on The Tonight Show with Josh Lucas and his new film...
September 08, 2012
In 1917 the Mexican Constitutional Congress adopted a new constitution. It confirmed the separation of...
September 04, 2012
    Late last year I began doing video reviews and writing study guides for...
September 01, 2012
  Along with a few million people, I watched as four richly textured films opened...
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