Frances Ha (2013)
This story of a woman in her late 20s trying to become a dancer in NYC follows a different path from the usual “follow your dream” Hollywood success story.
Francesco (2002)
The story of Francis of Assisi is retold, from his youth days through his conversion & friendship with Claire to his stigmata & death, with many embelishments & Scripture reference
The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)
Though some grow weary of films dealing with the concentration camps of the Holocaust, I believe we should welcome each as one more piece of evidence of the toxic end result of anti-Semitism. And in the case of Spanish director Mar Targarona’s film, for the additional information about a particular group of her countrymen who …
Hail Caesar (2016)
In the Coen Brothers spoof of 1950s Hollywood a studio fixer has his hands full searching for the kidnapped star of its major unfinished Jesus film, getting other stars out of jams, & considering the offer of a job giving him more money & more time with his neglected family.
Francesco (1989)
This bio of St. Francis of Assisi covers his life from his playboy days through his conversion, break with his family, founding of a new order ministering to the poor and his stigmata just before his death.
July/August 2013 Journal
The July / August issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Star Trek: Into Darkness, Man of Steel, The Great Gatsby, The Angels’ Share, Before Midnight, Mud, Epic, Monsters University, Frances Ha, Renoir, After Earth, Disconnect, At Any Price, Love Is All You Need, World War Z, The Purge, The Heat, Lore, No Place on Earth, Midnight’s Children, Stories We Tell, White House Down, The Internship, and Briars in the Cottonpatch.
While We’re Young (2015)
This new Noah Baumbach film with Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts is a wonderfully told tale. Click the image to read my entire review.
Monster University (2013)
Rated G. Our ratings: V -2; L -0; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 44 min. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Ecclesiastes 4.9 Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin. Proverbs 18.24 Quite a line up of characters! …
World War Z (2013)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -6; L -2; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 56 min. But he said, ‘O my Lord, please send someone else.’ Exodus 4:13 Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.’ Jeremiah 1:6 Now the word of the …
Cabrini (2024)
With little fanfare this inspiring film opened in our theaters midway into Women’s History Month, but it is even more timely—and significant– for another reason. It is probably the best defense of immigrants that you will see in this or any year. Although the name Mother Cabrini is well known because she became the first …