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Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

See Interview with NEWS OF THE WORLD Director Paul Greenglass

r This morning (Monday, Jan. 12) I was privileged to be part of a group of 7 film reviewers who met via Zoom with Paul Greenglass, director of the new Tom Hanks film NEWS OF THE WORLD.  Look in on us on YouTube by clicking this. I think you’ll enjoy the film even more if …

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Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Some Sad & Interesting Facts on Three Spike Lee Films

I’ve posted two old reviews of Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING and MALCOLM X recently because they are still (sadly) so relevant.                  Do the Right Thing was released in 1989, the same year as Driving Miss Daisy. The latter was a pleasant film about the relationship …

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Posted on April 5, 2020May 2, 2020

How “Spirit of America” Came to Be

I have posted on FaceBook the video “Spirit of America” for which this provides background information.  The attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on the morning of September 11, 2001 left the nation in shock and mourning. A total of almost 3000 people died in the Twin Towers in New York, at the …

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Posted on March 23, 2019March 27, 2019

Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers, Part 4  

Our new week of Lenten reflections on faith and film focus on stories about fathers in movies and in scripture. Click on the title of this week’s collection, here.

Posted on October 13, 2014October 13, 2014

Film Capsules October 2014

Readers who send out newsletters or produce church bulletins are welcome to reprint any or all of these mini-reviews, the one stipulation being that at the end they include © Edward McNulty, Visual Parables.  The Good Lie Rated PG-13.Leviticus 19:34; Philippians 2:3-4. All those who consider themselves peacemakers should embrace this social justice parable. The …

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