Because Catholics Like Movies, Too
Oh, blessed New Year indeed, that brings together an all-star podcast cast of TheTimMan, Bo Bonner, and myself to review the all-star cast filled The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s latest triumph.
Stay tuned for a once-a-month podcast schedule going forward, and enjoy!
As always, intro and outro music is Wastecnology by Jahzzar, Betterwithmusic, CC BY-SA. Photo fair use from Wikipedia.
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I’m alive – real life has hurt my ability to watch the movies, but I am still here for you, trust me!
Recently, I once again suckered Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr of The Uncommon Good on Iowa Catholic Radio (heard on 1150 AM, 88.5 FM, and 94.5 FM) to have me on. We started with a lengthy discussion on the value and importance of art, why our entertainment culture is preoccupied with remakes and “sequelitis”, and our thoughts on Avengers Endgame and the best movies of the past year. For the convenience of my legions of fans, they have also graciously allowed me to post the entire hour-long show here on my feed.
Enjoy, and look for a new episode next week!
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Welp,
TheTimMan returns from exile to discuss the sprawling, somewhat problematic, messy masterpiece – Martin Scorsese’s 2002 epic, Gangs of New York, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio.
My last post on this movie abruptly disappeared, so I am reposting it here for posterity’s sake – if anyone can explain why that would happen, please comment and let me know!
As always, intro and outro music is Wastecnology by Jahzzar Betterwithmusic, CC BY-SA.
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For our fabulous fifteenth podcast, the Brewmaster General and I tackle the controversial 2016 film Silence. Directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the Shusaku Endo novel of the same name, the film tackles big issues: faith, love, evil, acculturation, martyrdom, and apostasy.
Silence is a beautiful, gruesome, depressing, hopeful, infuriating, enlightening, and all-around difficult film; one which is neither the anti-Catholic (or apostasy encouraging) screed nor faith-affirming propaganda some reviews would have you believe. For the well-formed conscience, it presents many worthy ideas for consideration, meditation, and discussion; but does it satisfactorily resolve them?
Forewarned is forearmed – this movie spoils the movie and the book in a major way, but I think this is a movie/book that is actually better to have spoiled before watching/reading.
As always, intro and outro music is Wastecnology by Jahzzar Betterwithmusic, CC BY-SA. Painting of the Nagasaki Martyrs by the Cuzco School [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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