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“Veiled Desires” reveals the inner realities of cinematic sisters (book review)

  VEILED DESIRES: INTIMATE PORTRAYALS OF NUNS IN POSTWAR ANGLO-AMERICAN FILM By Maureen A. Sabine Published by Fordham University Press, $30 Sometimes there can be a sacramental quality about cinema....

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Champions of Faith: Mike Sweeney Newest episode of the Lenten Film Series

    Here is Episode 2 of our Lenten Film Series; I hope you are finding the series as inspirational as the stories and the interviews with filmmakers are. You can go right to the INNetwork website or...

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“The Way” with Martin Sheen Week 3 Lenten Film Series

You can access the entire series directly at Lenten Film Series 2014. I hope you are enjoying the series! Be sure to check out the questions for reflection and conversation. Have you ever walked the...

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NOAH is not your typical robe-and-sandal Bible movie

 Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe star in “Noah.” (CNS/Paramount)   There is no doubt that Darren Aronofsky’s epic “Noah” draws from post-apocalyptic images and gives a nod to science fiction and...

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Anne Frank’s 85th birthday: the girl behind the diary

In October, the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles launched “Anne: A Premier Experiential Exhibit” to commemorate the life of Anne Frank, who would have turned 85 on Thursday, for a 10-year stay. I had...

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Should a Catholic pick a favorite war film?

Just before Memorial Day, a friend who teaches in a Catholic high school wrote to me on Facebook that he and his daughter had just watched “Black Hawk Down,” Ridley Scott’s 2001 war film about the...

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“The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns” is more reality show than – reality

From left: Eseni Ellington, Sr. Beth Ann Dillon, and Claire Halbur in “The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns.” (Scott Gries) Lifetime’s latest original series, “The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns,” is a six-parter...

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‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’ tells of the world’s deadliest industrial disaster

Dilip (Rajpal Yadav) lives in the city of Bhopal, India, which grew around a gigantic Union Carbide plant that was built to produce pesticides, especially methyl isocyanate (cyanide). By 1984, safety...

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‘Selma’ shows how nonviolence can achieve social change

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. It outlawed all discrimination in the United States for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin....

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“Martin Sheen: Pilgrim on the Way” is in the house! Launch Feb 7th, 2015

  CLICK HERE for early editorial reviews. The back cover: Martin Sheen, best known for his role as a Catholic president in the prestigious television series The West Wing, returned to the practice of...

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