“1776” is a much more lively and complicated work than its latter-day reputation suggests.
John Dougherty
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Watch ‘Big Fish’ and come to terms with your father
‘Big Fish’ is a story about stories, particularly the stories we tell our children about ourselves.
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Steven Spielberg is a believer. ‘Disclosure Day’ is his ultimate testimony.
Steven Speilberg’s films about humanity encountering alien life all have a distinctly spiritual flavor.
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‘The Social Network’ and ‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Warnings against progress at the expense of our humanity
Both the encyclical and the film ask the same question: What role does the human heart play in technological progress?
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Catholic Movie Club: ‘The Mill and the Cross’ and making art in dark times
“The Mill and the Cross” tells the story of the painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder and the creation of his famous work “The Procession to Calvary.”
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‘The Sheep Detectives’: The death of a Good Shepherd
In “The Sheep Detectives,” it falls to the sheep to find justice for their fallen shepherd.
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The superficial Catholic symbolism of ‘Mother Mary’
The relationship between pop stardom and religious worship has rarely been so literal as it is in “Mother Mary,” the new film from David Lowery.
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Catholic Movie Club: What Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Essene’ reveals about monastic life
In “Essene” (1972), Wiseman gave us a glimpse into life in an Anglican Benedictine monastery in Michigan, at a time of transition in American social, political and religious life.
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Catholic Movie Club: An atheist on the transformative power of Christ’s Passion
In ‘Jesus of Montreal,’ the characters discover truth in Jesus’ story, and want to convey that truth to others—an experience that audiences can also share.
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Catholic Movie Club: ‘One Battle after Another’ and fighting for the kingdom still to come
The Best Picture winner asks: How you keep fighting the good fight even when it seems hopeless?