Directed by Theodore Melfi (The Weinstein Company, 2014) St. Vincent follows the growing friendship between Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher), a shrimpy misfit...
TV and film
Browse through a collection of commentaries and reflections that look at modern television and film—from The Chosen to Star Wars—through a Catholic lens.
Directed by Angelina Jolie (Universal, 2014) Many films have been inspired by World War II, and it’s no question Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken can...
Directed by Alex Ross Perry (Tribeca Film, 2014) Human beings are gifted with the ability to learn from our mistakes, yet we are also creatures of habit. And...
In Ken Burns’ powerful new documentary, Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor need no embellishing. Earlier this year President Obama admitted in an interview with...
Directed by Francis Lawrence (LionsGate, 2014) The third film in the The Hunger Games dystopian franchise, Mockingjay—Part 1, opens on a...
The question of what makes a movie ideal for Christmas, the day we commemorate and celebrate Jesus’ birth, is subjective. It often depends completely on the...
As student loan debt surpasses U.S. credit card debt, documentaries ask the tough questions about a college education. For at least the past 30 years, since...
Directed by Shawn Levy (Warner Bros., 2014) Following the death of the Altman family’s patriarch, his four children travel home to join their mother...
Directed by Phillip Noyce (The Weinstein Company, 2014) It is difficult to explain why a film fails where a book succeeds. Often it is because our imaginations...
Directed by Richard Linklater (IFC Films, 2014) Nothing happens except the passage of time. A little boy, age 6, opens the film. He lies on his back, head...
