A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin
The 'Shroud of Turin', widely held as the very burial sheet of Our Lord, imprinted miraculously with the image of His own body, will...
Nebraska: A Review
Nebraska (2013)
Written by Bob Nelson
Directed by Alexander Payne
A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its...
Dracula Untold: Fallen man, the tragic hero
It is perpetually wonderful to me how much truth can find its way into secularists’ stories. Dracula Untold, Universal’s newest origins story, is a...
Love and Friendship: A Film Review
Love & Friendship (2016)
Written and Directed by Whit Stillman
Based on Jane Austen’s Lady Susan
Whit Stillman’s partiality for Jane Austen is obvious in his first...
Calvary (2014): A Film Review of a Tragedy
The following review was written by Father Callam for an anthology, and is re-posted here, signifying Hollywood's continued fascination with the image of the...
A Review of Father Jonathan Robinson’s “The Mass and Modernity”
Jonathan Robinson, The Mass and Modernity: Walking to Heaven Backwards. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. (First published in the Chesterton Review)
When I mentioned Father...
The Holy Rosary Through the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
Compiled and edited by Fr. Mark Higgins
Catholic Way Publishing, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-510-9
Paperback CDN$13.08 on Amazon.ca
In modern-day Marian apparitions, Our Blessed Mother repeats her urgent message:...
Damsels in Distress (2012): A Film Review
Immediately before the credits roll, a notice appears on the screen to the effect that footnotes will follow. There are some, but they flash...
Ordination and Marriage in Hitchcock’s ‘I Confess’
(This analysis of Alfred Hitchock's film noir classic 'I Confess' offers some key insights, but, as a caveat, also gives away elements of the...
Cobra Kai: A Nostalgic Adventure
Cobra Kai is the latest addition to the epic Karate Kid saga. It takes place 34 years (!!) after the 1984 All Valley Karate...