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
The Middle Age and the Movie Age
One of the reasons I sometimes wax nostalgic for the Middles Ages is for the religious spectacle. This was an age of the dramatic gesture--St Francis standing barefoot in the snow or the [...]
Vogler and Campbell
The Cave Wall – 2 One of the most influential forces in American cinema of the second half of the twentieth century is a man who was not a film maker at all. The [...]
History and Story, The Interpretation of Facts in Film
Cave Wall - 19 Some time ago I watched a fascinating documentary on the assassination of President Kennedy. It was a scientifically accurate study of the controversial events of that November afternoon in 1963. [...]
Film and Fiction
Once upon a time I was the vicar of a beautiful Anglican church in a charming village in the English countryside. Then I left to become a Catholic, and to earn a living I [...]
The Secret of Star Wars’ Success
London's Daily Telegraph reports here on the tornado of rumors swirling about J.J.Abrams upcoming seventh installment of the Star Wars saga. The aficionados of the Star Wars movies are religious in their passion for [...]
On the Glory of Purgatory
Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross by S. Mark Heim is a fascinating exposition of the thought of Rene Girard to the theology of the atonement or "what really happened when Jesus died [...]