Childhood Dreams and Academy Award Nominations
This seems to be the dream: to grow up and play in the World Series or the Super Bowl, or the NBA Championships. Every American…
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Of Gods and Men
The first images of the monks’ daily lives in Of Gods and Men are peaceful ones: They tend to gardens, pour jars of golden honey,…
Don’t Forget the Little Films
Murder, sex, war, love and prayer. The subject matters of five short films you’ll catch glimpses of if you’re tuning in to the Oscars this…
When Cinema Becomes Sport
There is something remarkably innocent and pure about the Academy Awards which draws people back in front of their TV screens year after year —…
Dennis Hopper
It is fitting that the first film Dennis Hopper appeared in was Rebel Without A Cause, yet it is even more appropriate that he was…
The 2nd Annual Oscar Smackdown!
As if last’s year’s drubbing on their Oscar podcast wasn’t enough, America magazine—the national Catholic weekly run by the Jesuits—asked to go head to head…
The Nativity Story
Near the end of The Nativity Story, the manger scene is as still and precisely framed as the crèches children play with under Christmas trees.…
