Film Archives

Whether Disney or its critics realize it, Christian virtues and gospel themes abound in these princess films.

The Discovery from Netflix explores what could happen if the afterlife offers humans a fresh start on this life.

A fair representation of women in entertainment would include positive aspects of sisterhood, encouraging women to pursue healthy sisterhood in their own lives.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming, the villain Adrian Toomes represents a disturbingly plausible version of a very natural human tendency: the idolization of family.

For all their lack of subtlety, zombies dramatize many of our deepest inner conflicts.

In the real-life person of St. Joan of Arc, we find someone who is both thinking and doing.

God’s word, and our own stories, teach us to overcome evil with good. Why don’t we listen?

It Comes at Night implores us to have the courage to give each other the benefit of the doubt.

In Movies Are Prayers, Josh Larsen exemplifies how critical engagement with a film can be an act of neighbor-love.

La La Land embraces the tension of living on this side of heaven, calling us to face the difficulty head on and enjoy the ride.

We crave heroes like Wonder Woman who give undeserved mercy to those who deserve destruction.

The concept of Gray Jedi appeals to a generation that wants spirituality without religion; for that reason, it represents a deterioration of the Star Wars mythology.

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, we see the consequences of denying truth.

The contemporary stereotype of tradition — which Moana so beautifully subverts — is that it’s static and deadening.

Full of armchair critics with penchants for lazy analysis, The Razzies stunt an audience’s ability to interact with movies instead of doing the good work of a critic.

Song to Song is a love story, both intimate and grand in scope, baptized by grace and mercy.