Last month Sr. Hosea and I attended a screening of this powerful Australian film about two Aboriginal teens that learn to survive in a social and natural environment that has nothing to offer them but poverty and death. As with the best Australian films, the landscape plays a key role in the story, as context and antagonist. Director/writer Warwick Thornton tells the story with deliberate restraint that comes from a deep understanding of the people he is talking about. “Samson... Read more
Please see The Ten Commandments in Film for 2010 for our Movie Bible Night Program here at the Pauline Center for Media Studies for 2010. We will be using Lights, Camera, Faith: The Ten Commandments to guide our conversations. See www.PaulinesSoCal.wordpress.com for the film slate, dates, when, & where. We hope you will join us! Events are gratis but donations for refreshments always appreciated. The Ten Commandments (listed in Exodus, Deuteronomy and the Catechism of the Catholic Church Read more
Click here for my review of these films: Failed Systems: Two new documentaries explore religion and poverty Read more
Between NBC’s Today Show and the Los Angeles Times on November 19, it seemed like a concerted effort to scare us away from concessional popcorn. Here’s a link to my blog posting at NCReporter: the Anti-popcorn agenda. Enjoy! I Read more
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 decade. Still, the article is worth the read... Read more
My review for AMELIA is up on my NCR blog AMELIA: Free to roam among the clouds Read more
Here is a link to a couple of stories about the Vatican’s interest in extraterrestrial life (catching up with literature and cinema?) : Vatican conference discusses extraterrestrial life and its implications for Catholic theology Read more
With all the coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I tried to think of a way to commemorate this historic, history-changing event that happened 20 years ago. A generation ago. Anyone 30 years old and younger probably has no emotional link with images of a bunch of young people dancing while they tore down a far away wall covered in graffiti. Continue reading my blog post Celebrate the fall of the wall Read more
This theologically rich book is now available; I have read it and wrote a blurb for the cover: “Approaching Eden is a gift to anyone attempting to bring faith and life closer in a world filled with mediated stories: in this case, tales and images influenced by the Biblical creation narrative of Genesis 1-3. Sanders is fearless in her critical analysis but never cavalier. Her prose is energetic and accessible; her surveys broad and her insights bold. Sanders makes theology... Read more
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Stuff White People Like – review? commentary? Both?
Click here for my review and/or commentary on this book…. Stuff White People Like Read more