Archive for Category: "Movies"
A Final Christmas Reflection: Distributism in Popular Christmas Films
The ends of Dickens and Capra are the same. They are both opposed to the errors of the economists, to the rabid individualism and “enlightened” self-interest which supposedly make society better, but in reality produce the family under the bridge.
October Baby
Small graces abound in October Baby. Tinged with humor, a sweet friendship and love story, and a few surprising plot twists, the film brought me to tears many times, expressing loss and forgiveness in scene after scene.
A Review of ‘Avalon’
What hours were once spent happily listening to tales of the old days and interacting with family members, are soon replaced with Howdy Doody and Milton Berle.
Slumdog Success Story
The hit movie Slumdog Millionaire will likely garner a large share of the Oscar awards tomorrow, honors which it no doubt deserves. Yet along with the honors, the movie is also garnering fierce protests in Dharavi, the “slum” in which it was partially filmed. What the residents object to is not the use of the term “slumdog” to describe them, so much as the use of the term “slum” to describe their neighborhood.