Film Tag Archive
Reclaiming masculinity with The Lord of the Rings
(5 minute read) Tolkien’s classic trilogy offers an alternative to the culture of toxic masculinity which threatens men today, believes Miguel Sepúlveda.
A salvation story
(6 minute read) Lisa Fraser offers a personal take on the new James Bond film, No Time To Die.
Frame by frame to Hollywood
(10 minute read)
Ladislav Maluch asks animator and director Timothy Reckart two big questions: How do you make it into Hollywood? And once there, can you stay true to your deepest convictions?
The Marvel-lous world of the family
(7 minute read)
Superheroes they may be, but they still need a loving home. Tom Willcox finds a discreet pro-family message in Marvel movies.
Finding middle ground: A review of The Two Popes film
Kiran Makwana believes that for all its simplifications, The Two Popes can help Catholics go beyond the divisions in the Church.
Men like us: a review of The Two Popes film
Beneath the caricatures, Ronnie Convery discovers a thoughtful portrayal of two ordinary men trying their best.
Away in a Hollywood Manger
Faith and film go together like … well, oil and water. They tend to sit one on top of the other, never really successfully merging. Ronnie Convery asks whether movies are the right medium for mystery.
Why so serious?
“Why so serious?” Remember those adolescent days when your friends would repeat this with irritating insistence? Jonathan Parreño wants to know why Todd Philipp’s new Joker film is so unremittingly grim.
