Up in the Air directed by Jason Reitman (Paramount Pictures, 2009) The most unbelievable thing about Jason Reitman's slick black comedy is that there...
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.
In 1929 Al Jolson told audiences of The Jazz Singer that they hadn’t heard (or seen) nothin’ yet, and he was right. They hadn’t seen Judy...
Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Brothers, 2009) Almost 45 years after Maurice Sendak's dark little fairy tale first saw the light of day director Spike...
Would you like a demonstration of the Catholic belief that everyone has a right to the beauty of God's creation? Visit a national park. This October...
Directed by Drew Barrymore (Fox Searchlight, 2009) In Drew Barrymore’s new film about tattooed Texas lasses on skates, Ellen Page, who played...
There is something delightfully ironic about Nora Ephron's new cooking comedy, a quirky upbeat feminist tale in which a postwar Connecticut housewife and...
Directed by Neill Blomkamp (Key Creatives, 2009) Two very different sci-fi films opened and closed Hollywood's Summer blockbuster season this year. The new...
Directed by Pete Docter (Pixar, 2009) Ask anybody under 30 and they will tell you that Pixar is the animation studio. But the company that has stunned us with...
Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Weinstein Co., 2008) In traditional coming-of-age tales, sexuality opens up new worlds for a young man, and the first affair...
Directed by Christine Jeffs and Megan Holley (Overture Films, 2009) Christine Jeffs and Megan Holley's touching film about a spunky but dysfunctional...
