Marty Supreme, Table Tennis, and the Cost of Gaining the Whole World
Timothée Chalamet gives his biggest performance yet in Josh Safdie’s film about a table tennis phenom willing to sacrifice everything for success.
The Comic Faith of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
A quarter-century later, the Coen Brothers lead us to laugh, question, and believe.
CAPC’s Favorite Films of 2025
The latest from Iran’s greatest living director, a meditative look at one man’s life, a priestly murder mystery, and something about K-Pop and demon hunters.
Where the Frontier Meets the Galaxy: The Western Genre and the Moral Imagination of Star Wars
Both the Western and Star Wars imagine a world where character must be forged and not assumed, where goodness is real, but never cheap.
Train Dreams Invites Us to Ponder the Great Mystery
Clint Bentley’s film is a call to meditate on space and time, on life and death, on the great mystery of all things.
More Than a Movie: Hollywood’s Demons Are Closer To Scripture Than We Think
We don’t watch exorcism movies as victims who should fear demons, but as victors who stand in the power of Jesus Christ.
The Long Walk Is a Death March Across an Eerily Familiar America
The Stephen King adaptation highlights how society often forces its most vulnerable members to sacrifice everything simply to survive.
Invisible Rabbits and Holy Fools: Celebrating Harvey‘s 75th Anniversary
For 75 years, Harvey has been a gentle, whimsical tale, but there’s more to it than fans might remember.
Capra, Dickens, and Milton on Christmas Redemption
These stories of redeeming transformation are ultimately stories of uprooting, as their characters are inaugurated into a new life.
What an Old Movie Taught Me About Turning Forty
The secret of life is to learn how to live in this story we don’t control. The way to live this secret is through friendship.
The Shepherd and the Wolf: Wake Up Dead Man Asks Us to Face the Real Threat to Faith
In his latest Knives Out film, Rian Johnson explores the scars that anger leaves on the church.
On The Constraints of Female Rage in Die My Love
“Rage” is a poetic way to describe the journey of grieving the identity that was placed on us and re-centering ourselves back to who we truly are.
Wounds and Woundedness in The Smashing Machine
The film points toward Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, where belief is born through touching the wounds of Christ.
Fathers and Brothers, Sisters and MU/TH/UR: A Review of Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands is mythic and weirdly intimate: a cosmic family drama wearing the skin of a sci-fi monster movie.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and the Joys of Wishful Thinking
What’s the harm in a young kid believing in the Great Pumpkin?
One Battle After Another, Christian Liberty, and Engaging with Art
In a world that often collapses tension and looks for easy answers, enjoying art wisely can help form us into better disciples.
