Directed by Steven Spielberg (DreamWorks, 2012) Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous figures in American history and one of its most universally beloved...
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.
Flight Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Paramount, 2012) Ernest Hemingway wrote that courage was “grace under pressure,” and in Flight director Robert Zemeckis has...
Directed by Ben Affleck (Warner Brothers, 2012) Films based on true events face the dual challenge of making real life captivating on the big screen and of...
Directed by Jake Schreier (Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2012) Christopher Ford and Jake Schreier’s film is a quirky, amusing, and occasionally honest caper...
Directed by Colin Trevorrow (Film District, 2012) Director Colin Trevorrow and screenwriter Derek Connolly’s touching sci-fi misadventure about time travel...
Even in their autumn years, Baby Boomers discover that old dogs can learn new tricks. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at...
Created by David Simon (HBO Entertainment, 2012) David Simon, whose HBO series The Wire was the best cinematic novel ever produced for television, has...
Directed by Richard Linklater (Millennium Entertainment, 2012) At the end of Annie Hall Woody Allen tells a joke about a guy whose brother thinks he is a...
Directed by Nanni Moretti (Sundance Selects, 2012) Nanni Moretti’s lighthearted and melancholic comedy introduces us to a gentle and frail cleric who...
Directed by Asghar Farhadi (Sony Pictures, 2011) We all tell stories, and we all believe our stories are true. But the small gaps between our stories and the...
