“This is Our Time” is a movie with a message
On the day five friends graduate from college their hopes soar as high as their mortarboards. Ale’ (Erin Bethea) and Ethan (Shawn Caulin-Young) are brother and sister and are very close with...
View Article“Grace Unplugged” opens tomorrow: my review and interviews with the cast and...
“Grace Unplugged”, a coming of age film with Christian themes and a killer soundtrack, opens in theaters tomorrow, October 4th. Sr. Rose reviews “Grace Unplugged” and talks with its director and stars:...
View Article‘Trailblazers in Habits’ documents extraordinary women doing extraordinary...
When I was growing up, I had a friend who went to Catholic school. For several years, I would spend the night at her house for New Year’s Eve. We would try to stay up until midnight, but I never made...
View ArticleAmerican Idol & My Wife’s Death – my interview with Danny Gokey
Here’s Part 1 of my interview with american Idol’s Season 8 Finalist Danny Gokey on The INNdustry with Sr. Rose. He has a new book: “Hope in Front of Me: Find Purpose in Your Darkest Moments” that is...
View Article“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....
View ArticleChampions 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleNOAH 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...
View ArticleAnne 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...
View ArticleShould 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...
View Article“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...
View Article‘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...
View Article‘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....
View Article“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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