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Gilbert Colon is a regular contributor to The Catholic Response. He has written for Cinema Retro, Filmfax, The Strand Magazine, Film.Music.Media, the St. Martin’s Press newsletter Tor.com, and others. His article “Terrence Malick’s Cosmic Romance” at RELEVANT Magazine was translated by an Italian film site, Sentieri del Cinema, which hosted the Milan soirée premiere of Malick’s To the Wonder and was excerpted for use at a post-film debate. He was a researcher on the Gauntlet Press edition of Taxi Driver: The Screenplay published to commemorate the film’s 40th anniversary. Write him with comments at gcolon777@gmail.com.
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“When I am falling asleep, I still imagine that I am responding to my mother’s Ave Maria … I pray for an hour every day, sometimes even more. It is the first thing that I […]

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