Film & Music

The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the document shaping modern Catholic liturgy, has much to say about the music of the Mass, including this:  In the Latin Church the pipe organ is […]

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating:NR Reel Rating: (5 out of 5 reels) As a general rule, it is considered poor technique to write in first person when composing a formal essay or column, and even […]

Let’s be honest. 2016 was not the best year in any category, and cinema was no exception. There were overblown sequels, unnecessary politicking in kid films, tragic deaths of great stars, and Independence Day: Resurgence. […]

I have long been an ardent fan of Martin Scorsese’s films. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Last Waltz, Casino, etc. are among the defining movies of the last forty years. […]

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating:A-II Reel Rating: (4 out of 5 reels) When the Star Wars anthology series was first announced, most fans – including myself – greeted the news with great enthusiasm. After all, […]

A year ago, The Force Awakens was released, inaugurating a new era in the Star Wars franchise. The previous year, 2014, marked what could be the last year in human history in which no Star […]

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is “adopt a student”. Sometimes a student will be studying abroad and find themselves mostly alone at Christmas. Or maybe the season will simply be a chance to get […]

Like E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Starman, Independence Day, and a host of similar films over the past thirty years, Arrival explores the theme of an alien visitation to earth. In this iteration, Louise Banks (played by Amy Adams) […]

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating:A-II Reel Rating: (3 out of 5 reels) “What works well as a spice often does not work well as a main course.” — Omar Ebbs  Fantastic Beasts and Where to […]