Stories From the Silver Screen: The Jeweler’s Shop
The film “The Jeweler’s Shop,” based on the play written by Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, explores the meaning of marriage.
American Martyr: Blessed Stanley Rother
The story of Blessed Stanley Rother is percolating out of Oklahoma to the rest of the country.
The Unknown Classic Film About a Russian Iconographer You Should Know
A long-forgotten but critically-acclaimed film about a famous Russian iconographer celebrates its 60th anniversary and is worth rediscovering.
Teach the Children: The King of Kings
The animated feature film The King of Kings—opening April 11, on the eve of Holy Week—is loosely based on a virtually unknown Dickens work: “The Life of Our Lord, written for my beloved children.”
Fatima: The Power of a Name
Marco Pontecorvo’s new film Fatima, a drama based on the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Portugal in 1917 and the three young seers who experienced them, debuted August 28 with balanced but mostly-favorable reviews in major outlets like CNN and The New York Times, as well as in Catholic publications. It’s encouraging that mainstream … Read more
The Hidden Life of Bl. Franz Jägerstätter
Like a bird, Blessed Franz Jägerstätter built his nest high—up on the slopes of the Austrian mountains in the village of St. Radegund. Franz and his wife Franziska were living in an edenic alpine village amid all that is green and fresh. There, they quietly raised their three daughters, worked the fields, and loved each … Read more
‘Joker’ and the Mythology of Madness
After Colin Clive uttered his mad crescendo of “It’s alive!” in the 1931 film Frankenstein, he screamed a line that censorship boards judged as blasphemous. So, a thunderclap was added to obscure him raving, “Now I know what it feels like to be God!” Shocking. What’s even more shocking is that there was such sensitivity … Read more