Nearly everyone we meet in “Paper Moon” is running some sort of scam. With the truth so clouded in uncertainty, our protagonists (and the audience) have to choose who and what to believe.
John Dougherty
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Catholic Movie Club: Longing for a different world in Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
In ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ children know: Our place is not in this world. We were meant for somewhere else.
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Sam Neill was one of Hollywood’s great father figures
Some actors leave behind a legacy of artistic achievement. Others, a legacy of love and service. Sam Neill gave us both.
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‘1776’: the other American musical about the founding fathers is still worth watching
“1776” is a much more lively and complicated work than its latter-day reputation suggests.
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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.