Articles on Film and Television
“What are we holding onto, Sam?” Sam: “That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.” – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Papal Portrayals on Screen
With the HBO series The Young Pope (reviewed here by Tyler Blanski) the world has been taken once again into the irresistible intrigues of the papacy and the Vatican. With its venerable and sometimes
Black and White and Greene All Over
Film Noir and the Work of Graham Greene Film noir means ‘Black Film’, and in the classic film noir all is dark. A gritty, flawed hero struggles in a world of shadows--full of double
Darkness Visible: Exorcism Films and the Iconography of Evil
Popular culture is awash with the horror genre. Television shows, video games, movies and literature on the occult gush forth seeming to make the ironic point that the more our society becomes scientifically secular
The Theological Theory of Indiana Jones
Is it possible that the popular Indiana Jones trilogy is a cleverly structured, well thought out, theologically astute analogy of the Christian spiritual quest? I don’t suggest that it is an allegory, and I
Saints and the Cinema
When I first heard that they had made a movie about the life of St Josemaria Escriva my heart sank. “Oh, dear, not another worthy, but dull movie about a saint!” But I bit
The Shawshank Redemption
Film is the most exciting and influential popular art form of the modern age. This most powerful of dramatic mediums has the power to affect us deeply. It does so through the power of