In “The Sixth Sense,” faith is both a sanctuary and a gateway to mystery and horror.
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Catholic Movie Club: ‘Wit’ is a film that stares death squarely in the eyes
In ‘Wit,‘ Dr. Vivian Bearing uses her formidable intellect as a shield against her existential terror.
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So fetch: What ‘Mean Girls’ can teach you about your spiritual life
Popularity. Temptation. Vanity. Wearing Pink on Wednesdays.
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‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ asks: What if you could do it all over again?
This is what Peggy Sue learns: we all want a second chance at the past, but the real second chances only happen in the here and now.
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Hollywood isn’t always kind to nuns. ‘The Bells of St. Mary’s’ was an exception.
The caricatured or fetishized images of sisters we often see in movies are a far cry from the real sisters I, and probably you, have known.
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A documentary that asks the right question for Labor Day: Which side are you on?
“Harlan County, USA” is an incredible piece of documentary filmmaking because it’s also an amazing portrait of courage and solidarity.
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Catholic Movie Club: The hard truths about family and forgiveness in ‘Rachel Getting Married’
In Anne Hathaway’s Kym, we see the hard truth about forgiveness: sometimes we have the most difficulty forgiving ourselves or seeking forgiveness from those who love us most.
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Catholic Movie Club: ‘Frances Ha’ glimpses flawed people from God’s perspective
“Frances Ha” allows us to see Frances the way God might see her. We see her flaws, but we also see how hard she’s trying.
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The Case Against ‘Dead Poets Society’
Mr. Keating and his real-life counterparts now dominate secondary and post secondary education. That’s a problem.
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The Catholic woman who mastered the art of a brutal movie review
Over 27 years beginning in 1947, Moira Walsh wrote over 750 movie reviews for America—each one possessed of an invincible authorial voice and informed by an encyclopedic knowledge of film history.