Tag: The Church

  • Apostasy for the Faithful

    Apostasy for the Faithful

    The horrors of the latest news cycle, indicating Pope Francis covered up sexual abuse reports to allow former Archbishop McCarrick to continue in his post, hold such vast and far-reaching implications that commentary on a movie from a few years ago feels trite and perhaps escapist. Nonetheless, the Vatican’s response to Vigano’s letter, “I will…

  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

    I didn’t expect to feel tears stream down my face so shortly into Black Panther, but within the first few minutes of the film, I was already impacted heavily. In this reflection, I would like to touch on a theme of the movie that is presented within the first few minutes of the film. By…

  • Novitiate / Hostiles / Call Me by Your Name

    Novitiate / Hostiles / Call Me by Your Name

    Welcome to another edition of Mini-Review Roundup where we present smaller reviews of several movies at once. Up this month: Novitiate, Hostiles, and Call Me by Your Name.   Novitiate   Nothing scares me more than a movie about faith. I’ll take a tank full of sharks over watching the foundation of my life butchered…

  • The Shape of Water

    The Shape of Water

    You’d be forgiven for writing off Guillermo del Toro as just another genre director. Entries like Hellboy, Blade Runner II, Pacific Rim, and Crimson Peak fit neatly in that vein. But if you really want to uncover del Toro’s heart, look no further than 2006’s Pan’s Labyrinth. The film has been described as an “adult…

  • ‘District 9’ Reminds Us of God’s Call to Love the Alien

    ‘District 9’ Reminds Us of God’s Call to Love the Alien

    For as long as I can remember I have been captivated by the mysterious myth of aliens from outer space. In grade school I was as excited to talk to my friends about them as I was to talk about comics, TV, music, even girls. Anytime there was a TV show or movie based on…

  • Moonlight

    Moonlight

    Moonlight is about Chiron. The movie focuses on this boy through three epochs of his life (Little, Chiron, Black) utilizing three different actors to pronounce the difference, all carrying his characteristic inwardness. Chiron is a lonely boy, terrifically quiet and obviously not in on the rules of the game that all his fellow inner-city Miami…

  • Copperhead

    Copperhead

    For the most part we in the Northern states look upon the Civil War as a tragic but noble and necessary episode to preserve the Union. And most of us rank Abraham Lincoln as one of the greatest, if not the greatest of U.S. presidents. But we gloss over how much opposition to the war…

  • Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

    Poets, like prophets, are said to be guided by a muse, in some cases THE muse. In Ireland it was thought that poets, especially the great poets, folk healers, and others with knowledge beyond that of the common world were taken by the trouping faeries for seven years only to return gifted in their own…

  • Last Days in the Desert

    Last Days in the Desert

    On June 20th, Cinema Faith had the pleasure of hosting an exclusive showing of Last Days in the Desert. The film stars Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and Satan and features cinematography by three-time Oscar-winner Emmanuel Lubezki. Christian movies have a checkered past, but writer/director Rodrigo García breathes new life into the genre. This is…

  • The Lobster

    The Lobster

    If you could be any animal, what would you be? That’s the question that will be zinging around your brain as you watch The Lobster. Perhaps it’s the first time you’ve given it serious thought. Not so for the inhabitants of this dystopian universe. In the world of The Lobster, society is so obsessed with…