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Exploring the work of Terrence Malick, our greatest living Christian filmmaker, we arrive at The Thin Red Line (featuring Jim Caviezel in his breakthrough role)

Thomas Mirus lists the best movies he watched in 2023.

Liturgical Calendar Highlights of January 16-27, 2024, Ordinary Time, Conversion of St. Paul, Francis de Sales, Timothy and Titus, Fabian and Sebastian, Vincent of Saragossa and Marianne Cope.

Introducing one of Kerala, Indias most prominent young film directors, all of whose stories are set in Indian Catholic or Orthodox communities.

The Criteria hosts look at Wes Andersons career and try to figure out what hes trying to achieve by making his movies so aggressively, well, Anderson-y.

The new film Padre Pio, directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Shia LaBeouf, is ruined by a pornographic and sacrilegious scene involving abuse of a sacred image.

Discusses the Catholic artist’s proper response to prudery or moralism in the reception of art.

The first livestream featured Mike Aquilina fielding questions about the early Church. Two more are scheduled.

As part of Catholic Culture’s May fundraising campaign, we’ll be doing some YouTube livestreams where viewers will be able to interact, ask questions and prompt discussion via the live chat box. 5/8, 8pm ET —Mike Aquilina (host, Way of the Fathers podcast) 5/15, 8pm ET —Thomas Mirus & James Majewski (hosts,Catholic Culture Podcast, Catholic Culture Audiobooks, Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast) 5/22, 8pm ET —Phil Lawler

Upcoming reminders of St. Joseph, St. Patrick, March 4-20 on Liturgical Calendar, Sundays of Lent with the Transfiguration, the Samaritan Woman at the Well and Laetare Sunday.