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 Eric Immel, SJ | Feb 5, 2020 | Blogs, Pop Culture, Spirituality, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
“Bro – you gotta check your gear – the Packers got destroyed by the Niners! You must feel like a real loser cheering for them!” Up until that moment, I didn’t feel like a loser any more than I normally do, but as we all know, things can change in an...
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 Matt Stewart, SJ | Jan 17, 2020 | In the News, Justice, Pop Culture, Sports, Topics, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
I hate cheaters. I mean, don’t we all? And the Houston Astros cheated. We knew that back in November, but this week’s suspensions of Jeff Luhnow and A.J. Hinch (Astros general manager and manager, respectively) handed down by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred catapults the...
