by Shane Liesegang, SJ | Jul 6, 2020 | Art, Film, Music, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
Just a few months after I professed vows as a Jesuit, I was sitting at dinner in the Bronx. It’s considered a minor infraction to look at your phone at table, but curiosity got the better of me when I felt a notification buzz. My hands shook as I read it, and I ran to...
by Ryan Birjoo, SJ | Apr 9, 2020 | Art, Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 6 mins
In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius invites us to imagine scenes from the gospel in our prayer. In this “composition of place,” we try to see the furnishings in a room, inhale the smells wafting in a market, hear the sound of the waves crashing on the sea...
by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ | Mar 5, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
Warning: This article contains spoilers. The writers of “To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You” have done it once again. They’ve re-captured the attention of my hopeless romantic heart from the first movie and had me sitting on the edge of my seat with the new love...
by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ | Feb 7, 2020 | Art, Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
Warning: This article contains spoilers. 1917 is arguably one of the best war films to come out in a long time, and it has 2 Golden Globes awards and 10 Oscar nominations to prove it. All these awards and nominations recognize the movie’s uniqueness. For one thing,...
by Matt Briand SJ | Jan 31, 2020 | Economics, Film, In the News, Pop Culture, Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Economic inequality is growing and becoming ever more entrenched, and the South Korean film, Parasite demonstrates viscerally and compellingly the peril of this trend. The film’s primary focus is on a lower-class family, the Kims, and how socio-economic inequality...
