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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature Core Subjects: Arts and LiteratureArticles:Dismantling The Da Vinci Code - Sandra MieselIn the end, Dan Brown has penned a poorly written, atrociously researched mess. So, why bother with such a close reading of a worthless novel? The answer is simple: The Da Vinci Code takes esoterica mainstream. Popular Read more... "Tolkien: Man and Myth" - book review - DANIEL KENNELLYWhile few writers and few books have inspired such extremes of opinion as Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the book remains an enormous popular success. Read more... 'A Twisted Heart' - Charles ColsonOn the surface, with its period settings and costumes, the new film Brideshead Revisited looks like a faithful adaptation of the classic novel by Evelyn Waugh. Underneath, it is anything but faithful. On the contrary, it presents a deeply flawed and inaccurate picture of the Christian faith that Waugh embraced. Read more... 'Bodies' exhibit is no masterpiece - Colleen Carroll CampbellRenaissance sculptures and saints' relics are not as sexy as cadavers playing hoops, but gazing at the Pieta surely is a more ennobling experience than ogling corpses at the mall. Read more... 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' - Charles ColsonTake a neighbor or a friend to see The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Read more... 20 Ways “The Lord of the Rings” Is Both Christian and Catholic - Stan Williams“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”, the second film based on J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, opened in U.S. theaters December 18, 2002. Thanks to the vision and persistence of Kiwi filmmaker Peter Jackson and the financial backing of Warner Brothers' New Line Cinema, these great stories are now becoming accessible to millions more around the world. Read more... 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days - James BowmanAs I was coming out of a screening of 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, as shaken up by the experience as I imagine everyone who has seen the film must be, I accidentally fell into step behind a couple — she in her 20s or early 30s, he considerably older, both elegantly dressed — who were making their reaction to what they had seen a matter for public remark. Read more... America’s Heart and Soul – movie review - Steven GreydanusThe pursuit of happiness. That's what Louis Schwartzberg, a stock cinematographer who took a break from shooting landscape and cityscape footage for Hollywood movies to roam the country collecting the two dozen portraits that make up America's Heart and Soul, has captured. Read more... Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth - an excerpt - Father Richard John Neuhaus"It would be difficult to find a guide so knowledgeable, so theologically astute, and so engaging as a writer. Father Neuhaus presents the 'high adventure' of a Catholic orthodoxy that stands firmly against the winds of adversity and confusion." - Avery Cardinal Dulles Read more... District 9 and the Biblical Attitude Toward the Other - Father Robert BarronAn identification of the oppressor with the oppressed, the openness to interpreting the world from the underside, from the perspective of the victim, this, I would submit, is the Biblical difference. Read more... Gran Torino Works - Jordan BallorClint Eastwood’s 2008 project Gran Torino has recently been released on DVD, and what a delight it is. Read more... Into Great Silence - James BowmanInto Great Silence by the German film-maker Philip Gröning had to wait 16 years to be made. Read more... Midnight in Paris and the Pull of Nostalgia - Russell D. MooreIf the opening chapters of the Book of Ecclesiastes were to take on flesh, the result would be something like Woody Allen. Read more... Moneyball and Spiritual Leadership - Father Robert BarronMoneyball is a portrait of leadership in the world of baseball. But its lessons apply to any seeker on the spiritual path. Read more... Oceans (2009) - Steven GreydanusNature doc lovers will meet plenty of old friends in the Disney film Oceans: a mother humpback whale lifting her calf to the surface for a breath of air; newly emerged turtle hatchlings herky-jerking over the expanse of sand toward the sea while swooping frigatebirds pick them off at their leisure; orcas surging alarmingly out of the surf to snatch fur seals from the shallows. Read more... Passion Guide, Week 1: Mary - National Catholic RegisterIn this issue of the National Catholic Register's guide to The Passion of the Christ, the central role of Mary is explained. Read more... The Da Vinci Code, Conspiracy Theory and Biblical Canon - Stanley E. PorterIn this lecture, I will do essentially two things. The first is that I will say a few things about Brown’s novel. Then I will spend the majority of my time examining fundamental issues that he and others raise regarding the origins of Christianity. Read more... The Rite Roundup - Elizabeth ScaliaIt’s not on my “must see” list, but then again, I am a crank who doesn’t like going to the movies, anyway (although True Grit did lure me), but The Rite opens today and it seems many people are aching to explore a theme of exorcism, so here is a round-up of sorts. Read more... To Kill Still Kills - Thomas HibbsBased on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, with an impeccable script from Horton Foote, a mesmerizing musical score, and many fine performances, To Kill a Mockingbird is a great American film, one that never fails to move and uplift even after many viewings. A new DVD version of the film makes it all the more attractive. Read more... True Grit and the Everlasting Arms - Father Robert BarronTrue Grit, the 1969 film starring John Wayne, was the first "grown-up" movie I saw as a kid. (warning: spoiler) Read more... A Century of 'Thursday's' - Allen BarraFor a writer whose first two books were published 100 years ago, G.K. Chesterton is looking pretty contemporary. Read more... A Decidedly Unsappy Bella - Amanda ShawCompelling and beautiful, this sort of love story is no fairy tale. Read more... A disgusting portrait of an 'artist' - Rex MurphyArtists are almost by definition exceptional communicators. So some of them have been very successful at pitching themselves as shamans and oracles, as splendid almost unearthly beings, radiant with truth and insight. Read more... A Good Writer is Hard to Find - RONALD WEBERThe great American author Flannery O'Connor once remarked, "When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that because I am a Catholic, I cannot afford to be less than an artist." Read more... A Great Moment In the Life of an Artist - Peggy NoonanTalking with James Caviezel after his meeting with the pope. Read more... Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu Feb 09 2012 - 22:24:50
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