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...
by Ryan Birjoo, SJ | Jan 24, 2020 | Art, Film, Gender, Pop Culture, Topics ~ Approx. 3 mins
Love. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Death. These themes occur in Greta Gerwig’s recent adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Moving between past and present, Gerwig shows us the joys and struggles of four sisters as they navigate adolescence and adulthood. Raised...
by Jorge Roque, SJ | Jan 10, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
“Criminal lawyers see bad people at their best. Divorce lawyers see good people at their worst.” Alongside this memorable pronouncement from “Marriage Story,” I want to append St. Ignatius of Loyola’s observation that desolation, more than just a feeling, is a...
by Sean Barry, SJ | Dec 2, 2019 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
Warning: this review contains spoilers. Last week, Frozen 2 hit the big screen. The story takes place three years after the original tale, which means the characters are more mature. Elsa has come to accept her powers and Anna is not the lovestruck teenager she was...
