“The Eugenics Crusade” continues today – premieres PBS October 16
This two-hour documentary, written and directed by Michelle Ferrari, tells the largely unknown story of America’s quest to breed healthy babies – the impulse to perfect humanity – through eugenics...
View Article“Dark Waters” should disturb us into action
Mark Ruffalo as attorney Rob Billot in “Dark Waters” Courtesy of (c) Focus Features The first thing you think of when you begin watching director Todd Haynes’ legal crime drama “Dark Waters” is “Erin...
View Article1917 is a relentless video game-like imagining of World War I
“1917” is a relentless video game-like imagining of one day during World War I. Though it shows the horrors of war, Sam Mendes’ indulgent spectacle fails to take into account the audiences’ will or...
View ArticleNew life rises in ‘Phoenix, Oregon’
Bobby (James Le Gros) is middle-aged, divorced and a brilliant unpublished graphic novel artist. He lives alone in a trailer somewhere behind the main street of Phoenix, Oregon where he works as a...
View Article“Two Crowns” new film about St. Maximilian Kolbe
From the same team that brought us the compelling docudrama “Love and Mercy: Faustina” comes a new docudrama about the life of Franciscan priest and martyr, St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941). It will...
View ArticleThe Hopeful Relevance of “The American President”
Every four years I start watching my favorite films about the U.S. president. These include All the President’s Men (1976), Lincoln (2012), the miniseries John Adams (2008) and my favorite The...
View ArticleNotes on film criticism for Catholic reviewers
Recently I had an email exchange with the award-winning filmmaker Frank Frost, president of Frank Frost Productions on the topic of film criticism, specifically on the task of Catholic film reviewers...
View Article“Gun and a Hotel Bible” entertaining and provocative play-into-a-film
Pete (Bradley Gosnell) is a scruffy young guy who is as down on himself as Cindy (Mia Marcon) is upbeat. She is the young woman he meets at a seedy Chicago hotel bar and marries six months later. When...
View ArticleSr. Rose’s Oscar Picks 2021
I am happy to post a YouTube link to my conversation with NCReporter’s Christopher White about this year’s Oscar nominations and a link to another conversation with Chris Gunty of Baltimore’s Catholic...
View ArticleMovies and series about Ultra Orthodox Jews beginning with “Shtisel”
With the huge success of Netflix’s three season series “Shtisel” there is growing interest in seeing more films and television series about the Ultra Orthodox Jews who live in Israel, the US and other...
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