17 June 2022
The Sacrifice (1986) offers a profound (albeit oblique, stripped bare, and highly metaphorical) portrayal of that all-consuming self-gift which Our Lord describes in superlative terms, “No greater love hath any man than this…”
24 May 2022
Winner of one of the earliest foreign language Academy Awards, Monsieur Vincent provides instructive insight into the life and spirit of the now canonized 17th century priest Vincent de Paul.
12 April 2022
Both epic and intimate in scope, The Leopard examines the birth of modern Italy through its impact upon a single extraordinary individual, Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina.
25 March 2022
A beautifully constructed film whose old-fashioned gait and loose episodic structure are almost enough to conceal the profound simplicity of vision which is one of the marks of great art.
22 September 2021
With its gripping visual style and unembarrassed use of religiously charged symbolism, this 1927 classic is one of the first feature length science fiction movies as well as one of the most enjoyable silent movies on the Vatican’s list of notable films.
30 June 2021
This masterpiece of spiritual filmmaking has been described as the War and Peace of Russian cinema.
4 April 2021
Francesco offers a jolting, discomfiting, yet illuminating foray into the life of the beloved saint of Assisi.
29 January 2021
A classic story about the moral awakening of a dock worker and reluctant hoodlum, the film reflects its time as well as a humanity that transcends it.
18 February 2020
With the Academy Awards behind us, cinematic slump season is upon us. Rather than review one of the B-reel releases specially reserved for the week after many who’s whos stop watching, let’s amble through
15 December 2013
It is that time of year again, so about time to start commemorating that most important thing in our lives – consumerism! Right? I for one am a loyal American and so intend to