Sister Peggy and John Patrick Shanley in the Sisters’ chapel where all the church scenes were filmed. Today VARIETY published a wonderful article about Sister Peggy and her role in “Doubt”. Please check it out!! Unsung Hero: Sr. Margaret McEntee, SC & DOUBT Read more
Vote today for the Beliefnet film Awards. Sorry for the late notice (the deadline is tomorrow, February 14th.) I was on the nominating jury (my third time) and some of my comments appear about the film WALL-E. Beliefnet Film Awards Best Spiritual Film: Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight Gran Torino Wall-E Doubt Best Spiritual Performance: Meryl Streep in Doubt Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Queen Latifah in The Secret Life of Bees Robert... Read more
A Vision of the Future from Carmelina Films on Vimeo. Daniel Cubas has been blind since childhood, but this hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his passions and following his dreams. This documentary follows Daniel as he discusses his successes and roadblocks on his journey to achieving his goals. A touching and uplifting story that will surely inspire all who watch it. 2009, 13 minutes (Nick Pernisco is a media literacy education colleague and friend who teaches at Santa Monica College... Read more
Gomorrah , an Italian film by Matteo Garrone and winner of Cannes 2008 Grand Prix, is set to open February 13 in LA and NY. An early contender for an Oscar nomination in the foreign language category, it did not make the final cut. But maybe it should have. Based on the mega best-selling 2006 crime expose’ by Italian journalist Roberto Saviano of the same title, Gomorrah is a straight-forward, gritty, and tragic visual immersion narrative about the Camorra, the mafia-like... Read more
Bright and early this morning, accompanied by Sr. Hosea M., I went to the Sony Studios lot (down the street; formerly the MGM lot) to do an on-camera interview about “why I love movies” for a 3-minute film to lead off the Academy Awards show on Sunday, February 22. 80 people are being inteviewed for this short film, including such luminaries as Mickey Rooney (the small building where he and Judy Garland attended school while making movies can still be seen when you take... Read more
Themes in Paul as Reflected in Contemporary Film Paul’s themes of experience of God, life as participation, spiritual transformation, and how we are a new creation in Christ will be explored using clips from significant films that can inspire our Lenten journey. SPEAKER – SR. ROSE PACATTE, FSP Director, Pauline Center for Media Studies Columnist, St. Anthony Messenger Press; author of articles on media literacy and film and spirituality in The Tidings, U.S. Catholic, The Bible Today; Co-author,... Read more
The Pauline Center for Media Studies is hosting our annual potluck Oscar Party on February 22. If you are in the neighborhood (Culver City, CA) and would like to come, send me an email ([email protected] )and I will send you an Evite (space is limited that’s why it is by Evite only). Read more
St. Anthony Messenger, February 2009 http://americancatholic.org Here is the EYE ON ENTERTAINMENT column for February, 2009 about the 2008 CineRose Awards. http://americancatholic.org/Messenger/Feb2009/Eye_On_Entertainment.asp#top Read more
Not Easily Broken, a film based on the novel by best-selling author Bishop T. D, Jakes, and directed by Bill Duke (Sister Act 2) is a good watch – even though it is driven by message over art (one of my biggest issues with Christian movies.) Morris Chestnut plays a self-employed home improvement worker and his wife, played by the newly Oscar-nominated Taraji P. Henson (Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), is a high-earning real estate broker. Ten... Read more
Video gamers prefer story to savagery, study finds By EZRA GINSBURG, SUN MEDIA 18th January 2009 http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/world/2009/01/18/8062236-sun.html Does watching a character’s head explode on a television screen provide you with ultimate gratification when you are playing your favourite video game? If so, then the results of a new study may surprise you. The findings — that plot and challenge are more important than death and destruction — contradict the popularly held belief that violence is what makes video games... Read more
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