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Movie Reviews and Recommendations – Sometimes you need a Catholic perspective on today’s movies and that’s what these posts provide. In addition to Catholic movie reviews, you’ll find resources to help you plan for your apostolate, youth group, and family!
Good Sites. Here is a collection of great resources for the Catholic movie-lover: Catholic Movie Reviews. Decent Films. Kids In Mind (excruciatingly detailed content reviews) USCCB Archived Movie Reviews. Unam Sanctam Traditional Catholic Movie Reviews. And other great Catholic sites/podcasts: Saint Louis Catholic.
- What’s at Stake with A Movie?
- Hey, Popes Care About Movies
- Catholics Are Pro-Art
- Why Are Many Christian Films So . . . Lackluster?
- Enjoying A Movie Thoughtfully
- Big Idea One: Composition
- Big Idea Two: Linking
- A Good Film Needs Both
- Time For The Talkies: Discussing Film
- After The Final Credits
If Catholics think they need not reasonably discuss and evaluate movies—perhaps the most pervasive and influential part of modern culture for a century—then what canthey discuss? Perhaps the reaction to hide within the subjective— “Who am I to judge?”—explains more than movies in our current moment of cultural confusion. But what chance do evangeli...
This is not a new problem. For more than a century, thoughtful Catholics have pondered the nature of film. The Catholicism of some directors (Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, John Ford, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese, to name a few) clearly informs their artistry, regardless of their personal consistency with respect to doctrine. The creat...
Art is a fundamental aspect of man’s search for and expression of meaning. The Catechism of the Catholic Churchsays: A principle of art in Christian culture has always been that the craftsman make good and proper use of creation. “Good and proper” means bothskillful according to autonomous artistic principles andmoral according to reality and natur...
Many well-intended Christians think their best strategy is to limit their movie watching to “safe and Christian.” While there are significant works among the films marketed or claimed as Christian (one thinks of the 2007 film Bella), a more common response of those viewing “Christian” films is boredom, if not discouragement, at facing a stream of s...
What technical know-how might help a viewer evaluate and discuss movies? There are libraries filled with books on the subject and film studies programs of varying quality. But for our purpose, I suggest focusing attention in two areas to develop our capacity to perceive and not merely watch. Watching is passive. Perception is engaged reflection. It...
Composition starts with the camera itself. While you’re watching a movie, ask, “Where did the director put the camera and why? What’s the position of the camera, the angle, or the focus of lens? What has he put intoeach shot? Are there recurring angles, images, etc.?” Each segment of action in the boxed image you see on the screen—all that is the c...
The second big idea to be aware of is something I’m calling linking. Visually, one of the most powerful “linkings” goes by another French word, montage. But I think the montage is part of a deeper human desire to see patterns, make patterns, and delight in patterns. Here ask yourself, “What does the director layer upon the scene, such as background...
Films, of course, don’t offer just one or the other “big idea” but make regular use of many techniques that address both. Our viewing skills—as with any form of experience—increase through attentive encounters with excellence. I would recommend viewing three masterworks to test your ability to see the “big ideas.” Masterworks that bring the two big...
If you want to discuss the artistry of a film, you should start with either of the two “big ideas” mentioned above. Those should encourage recollection and provoke a lively conversation about the film. One can further delve into single items contained within the “big ideas.” Does the director seem to be making (good) use of symbols? Has he woven in...
You may ask, “But isn’t it okay just to chill out and watch a movie? All I want to do is relax. All this thinking. Does a Catholic have to do that?” I would answer robustly with Pius XII: relaxing and being diverted from ordinary burdens is a great thing and an important aspect of wholesome entertainment. Of course it’s okay to chill out and just w...
- William Fahey
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