Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast
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Episodes: 123
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Discussions of great movies from a Catholic perspective, exploring the Vatican film list and beyond. Hosted by Thomas V. Mirus and actor James T. Majewski, with special guests.
Vatican film list episodes are labeled as Season 1.
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Fragmented sexuality in Malick's To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, & Song to Song
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May 15, 2025 |
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Crucifixion darkness: Barabbas (1961)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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A holy fool: The Island (2006)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Terrence Malick and the Knights of Columbus: Voyage of Time (2016)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The Marx Brothers w/ James Matthew Wilson
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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"I am a human being": The Elephant Man (1980), w/ Andrew Petiprin
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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New birth for humanity: Children of Men (2006) w/ Timothy Reckart
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Job and St. Augustine in one film: The Tree of Life (2011)
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Freedom in vocation: The Sound of Music (1965)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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The Chosen, Season 4: Lectio Divina or Fan Fiction?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Church Teaching on Cinema: Vatican II and Beyond
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Pope Pius XII on The Ideal Film, Pt. 2 (Church Teaching on Cinema)
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Pope Pius XII on The Ideal Film, Pt. 1 (Church Teaching on Cinema)
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Church Teaching on Cinema: Pope Pius XI
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Wildcat does justice to Flannery O'Connor's faith (w/ Joshua Hren)
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May 24, 2024 |
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Malick’s humble camera: The New World (2005)
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May 17, 2024 |
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A study of pastoral prudence: Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
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May 03, 2024 |
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Studies of ambition: All About Eve, The Bad and the Beautiful
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Metaphysical Malick: The Thin Red Line (1998)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Kiarostami: blurring the line between documentary and fiction
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Godzilla Minus One, a profound appeal for a culture of life
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Generational wounds in Tokyo Story (1953)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Popcorn with the Pope: Word on Fire on the Vatican Film List
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Introduction to Terrence Malick: Badlands and Days of Heaven
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Wise Blood (1979): John Huston's film adaptation w/ Katy Carl
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Catholic India's 'Master of Chaos'
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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When "engaging the culture" means loving mediocrity
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Empires of death: Apocalypto (2006)
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Asteroid City: delightful, decadent, or despairing?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Caviezel's Sound of Freedom: a thriller about fighting child trafficking
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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We watched the WHOLE Vatican Film List
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Sacrilege against Mary in the new Padre Pio film
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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When artists feel lonely in the Church (Livestream)
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May 16, 2023 |
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The last great silent epic: Napoleon (1927)
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May 12, 2023 |
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Livestream announcement
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Miracle Maker (1999) w/ Timothy Reckart
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Rome, Open City (1945) w/ Elizabeth Lev
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Can a Holocaust film offer hope? Schindler's List (1993)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Catholic review of The Chosen, Season 3
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Ordet (The Word) (1955)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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The Leopard (1963)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The Sacrifice (1986)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Theology of the body shop - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Whisper of the generations: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Citizen Kane (1941)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Fame kills: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Stripping St. Francis: Francesco (1989)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Two very different Oz movies
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Why is The Rings of Power Boring?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Michelangelo movies w/ Elizabeth Lev
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Wormtongue in Times Square: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Poverty and trust: Bicycle Thieves (1948)
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Righteous among the nations: Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Film noir: Out of the Past (1947)
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Men explain Little Women (1933) to you?
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Hail, Caesar! (2016) w/ T. C. Merrill
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May 24, 2022 |
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Natural piety: The Burmese Harp (1956)
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May 10, 2022 |
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Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936)
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Review: Father Stu
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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The comedies of Preston Sturges w/ Anthony Esolen
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Directing Man of God - Yelena Popovic
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Holy fool: La Strada (1954) w/ James Matthew Wilson
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Review: Man of God
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Anti-clerical cinema: Nazarin (1959)
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Screwball comedy and The Awful Truth (1937)
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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On the Waterfront (1954)
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Review: Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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"Everything is yours" - Dekalog: Ten (1988)
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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True and False Conversion: My Night at Maud's (1969) w/ Matthew Schmitz
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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The amateur spirit: Chariots of Fire (1981)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The Seventh Seal (1957)
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Love and Sex Separated—Dekalog: Nine (1988)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Dune: Part One with Fr. Brendon Laroche
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Hollywood’s infamous birth: Birth of a Nation and Intolerance (1915-16)
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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The Chosen, Season 2: characters and controversies
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Mental Preservation - Dekalog: Eight (1988)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Drama of Holiness: Monsieur Vincent (1947) w/ Steven Greydanus
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Therese (1986), and What Makes a Good Saint Movie?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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The Mission (1986)
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Theft of Motherhood - Dekalog: Seven (1988)
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Review: A Quiet Place Part II
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Jul 17, 2021 |
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Interview with Lourdes documentary writer Sixtine Leon-Dufour
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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New Lourdes documentary shows a miracle of mercy
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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BONUS: Walker Percy's Moviegoer w/ Nathan Douglas
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Patron Saint of Boomers: Gandhi (1982)
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Lust kills art: 8 1/2 (1963) w/ Katy Carl
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May 31, 2021 |
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Pope John Paul II (2005)
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May 19, 2021 |
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A Short Film About Love - Dekalog: Six (1988)
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May 07, 2021 |
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Crucifixion of a Parish Priest: Calvary (2014)
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Pasolini's Gospel According to Matthew (1964) w/ Heather King
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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The Chosen, an Education in Meditation
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Sanctification of an Icon Painter: Andrei Rublev (1966)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Wild Courtesy: Dersu Uzala (1975)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Ben-Hur (1959) w/ Elizabeth Lev
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Literalism vs. Reality in The Mandalorian
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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A Short Film About Killing - Dekalog: Five (1988)
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Mel Gibson's Santa dispenses justice in Fatman (review)
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946) w/ Patrick Coffin
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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The Machine-Whore of Babylon: Metropolis (1927)
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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The Abdication of Fatherhood - Dekalog: Four (1988)
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Fantasia (1940) w/ animator Tim Reckart
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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Reverence and the Occult: Nosferatu (1922/1979)
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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The Life You Save - Dekalog: Three (1988)
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Are heist films moral? The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Vie et Passion du Christ (1903)
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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The Illusion of Choice - Dekalog: Two (1988)
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Fatima (2020)
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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A Prison Is For Escaping: La Grande Illusion (1937)
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Wild Strawberries (1957) w/ James Matthew Wilson
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Those Who Make Them Are Like Them - Dekalog: One (1988)
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Gone with the Wind (1939) w/ Stephen M. Klugewicz
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Robert Bolt's Man for All Seasons: Christian saint or “hero of selfhood”?
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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From Stage to Screen: A Man for All Seasons (1966)
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Community on the Margins: Stagecoach (1939) w/ Anthony Esolen
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Robots Don't Matter! 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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May 22, 2020 |
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An Artist Is Never Poor: Babette's Feast (1987)
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May 06, 2020 |
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Introducing Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast
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May 06, 2020 |