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Picturehouse
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“Pan’s Labyrinth” embodies the core tension of Catholic life: the push and pull between the eternal and the worldly.
Richard Farnsworth plays 73-year-old farmer Alvin Straight in the film ''The Straight Story.'' (CNS photo from Disney) 
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
Is it a cop-out to honor David Lynch by reflecting on his least Lynchian film?
Nicholas Hoult in 'Juror #2' (Claire Folger/Warner Bros.)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“Juror #2” confronts us with an uncomfortable reality: following your conscience often comes at great personal cost.
Michael Caine in ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ (Disney)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
That idea of “keeping Christmas” is an invitation and a challenge to consider what Christmas really means to us.
Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood in “Miracle on 34th Street” 
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
We have all heard that “blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” “Miracle on 34th Street” suggests that we must believe in order to see.
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“Meet Me in St. Louis” asks: How do you have hope when the future holds so many unknowns?