Why Catholic Art- Literature in Particular-Matters: Part II
BY: Gracjan Kraszewski Part 1 of this series explained why a society that reads good books, consumes good art, understands the objective reality of truth
BY: Gracjan Kraszewski Part 1 of this series explained why a society that reads good books, consumes good art, understands the objective reality of truth
The reason “Christian films” continue to prosper is because they are incredibly effective in winning their target demographic. However – this is the exact reason
To be a little simplistic, Martin McDonagh’s films tend to be preoccupied with cycles of violence, in which parties retaliate against each other for the
Few people have likely ever been so dismayed by the passing of Christmas as the Magi and the prophet Simeon, as least as the poet
The silence of the Catholic critic is so often preferable to his attention. -Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being Too much Christian “criticism” of film
Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon… So don’t listen to him. Remember that – do not listen. -William Peter Blatty,
Fr. James Lavelle: I think there’s too much talk about sins and not enough about virtues. Fiona Lavelle: What would be your number one? Fr.
This past August, Maclean’s published an article called “What would Jesus watch? Behold a new era in Christian film,” by Jaime Weinman, in which he
“The artist penetrates the concrete world in order to find at its depths the image of its source, the image of ultimate reality.” Flannery