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Nick Cave on “Faith, Hope, and Carnage”
“Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” Presents the Tenacious Saint and Icon
The Magic of Summer Films
“Sometimes They Know Better”: Glimpses of Holiness in Children’s Films
Episode Twelve: A Hidden Life and True Freedom – Watch With Me
Episode Eleven: Star Wars: Humanity vs. the Machine – Watch With Me
Episode Ten: Cult Classics and Consumerism – Watch With Me
The Rise and Fall of Atheism with Matthew Nelson
Episode Nine: Good Will Hunting, My Dinner With Andre, and the Power of Conversation – Watch With Me
Episode Eight: Rocky, Black Swan, and True Success – Watch With Me
My Father Left Me “Top Gun”
Episode Seven: Blade Runner, The Truman Show, and the Search for Reality — Watch With Me
Doctor Strange Has Lost the Magic
“Russian Doll” Flourishes in the Present Thanks to the Past
“The Northman”: Hamlet in the Soul of a Berserker
The Horror Story of Jimmy Savile
“Losing My Religion” Even in These Exalted Days
Episode Six: The Big Lebowski and the Uncertainty of Unbelief – Watch With Me
“SZNZ: Spring”: Not Peak Weezer, But Still Catchy and Fun
Episode Five: Rear Window, Minority Report and Watching to Truly See – Watch With Me
With Will Smith’s Slap, We Have Snapped Out of It
Episode Four: The Social Network, Into the Wild and Who We Belong To – Watch With Me
Episode Three: The Royal Tenenbaums, Identity and Belonging – Watch With Me
Man of God: A Cinematic Lenten Gift and Reminder
Episode Two: Can Beauty Change the World? ‘Life is Beautiful’ Commentary – Watch With Me
With ‘The Tipping Point’: Tears for Fears is Timely and Timeless
Episode One: 8 ½ and How the Catholic View of Film Has Changed – Watch With Me
The Ordinariate: Bringing My Whole Past into My Future, in Faith
The World-Enlarging Consolations of “All Creatures Great and Small”
‘Sin’: Konchalovsky’s Masterpiece Shows a Sensual, Spiritual Michelangelo
“Groundhog Day” Perfectly Balances Dark and Light
George Orwellʼs “1984” and the Catholic Sensibility
“The Hand of God”: A Soulful, Challenging Coming-of-Age Story
“Don’t Look Up”: Ripe Satire with Christian Notes
Back to the Movies: 4 New Films Tap Enchantment and Reality
“About a Boy” Dares to Tell of the Lonely at Christmas
“Die Hard”: Yes, It’s a Christmas Movie
“Christmas Vacation”: Nostalgia, Fun, and Dark Anxiety
“Get Back”: A Narrative Rehab Shows Beauty Amid Brokenness
What the Catholic Church Is Not, in Four Words
Humanity Going Meta to Become All About Itself
Chappelle’s “The Closer”: Observant or Derisive?
“Dune” Offers Audiences Visual and Thematic Richness
Horror and Catholicism: Hounds of Hell Show Up for “Midnight Mass”
Marshall McLuhan and Pope Francis Call for Dialogue Over Hate
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo de Augustine Musically Blend Film and God
