Directed by Gus Van Sant (Focus Features, 2013) The film Promised Land asks the question: Who is the bad guy? Is it the big, greedy company that wants to...
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 Michael Haneke (2012, Austria) A pigeon flies through an open window of an elderly couple’s apartment. An aging piano teacher, partially...
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel (Magnolia Pictures, 2012) Danish director Nikolaj Arcel’s historical romance, nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language...
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...
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...
