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Scorsese's 'Saints' show director's ongoing search

Dec 20, 2024 | aleteia.org | David Ives

Help Aleteia continue its mission by making a tax-deductible donation. In this way, Aleteia's future will be yours as well. Donate with just 3 clicks*Your donation is tax deductible!Episode 4 of the new Fox Nation docuseries Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints opens with a stark black and white closeup of the face of St. Maximillian Kolbe as he lies on the ground coughing up blood. Later, after much abuse, he and his fellow prisoners are led fully naked to their deaths.
North Dakota farm girl saint? Film in theaters November 12

Nov 10, 2024 | aleteia.org | David Ives

We all know what saints look like, don’t we? After all, we see their images on holy cards and stained-glass windows all the time. They’re the ones who take vows of poverty and sleep on cold floors among the poor whom they serve. They’re the ones who risk their own health to live alongside lepers. They’re the ones who suffer and die heroically as martyrs for the faith. And they’re even the ones who … serve as the head of the faith formation department for their local diocese.
Aleteia reviews Fr. Flanagan documentary

Oct 7, 2024 | aleteia.org | David Ives

Churchgoing wasn’t really a thing in the household where I spent my pre-adolescence. Watching classic movies, on the other hand, was a common ritual. That’s why, thanks to Spencer Tracy’s Oscar winning performance from 1938, even a religious illiterate such as myself had some passing knowledge of Father Edward J. Flanagan and the Boys Town he founded. (Photo above is from the movie.)Time passes, though, and 86-year-old movies about priests are rarely aired anymore.
Venus In Fur By David Ives At Theatre Of The No

Jun 20, 2024 | xpatathens.com | David Ives

Written by: David Ives Directed by: Racha Gabriel Actors: Amaryllis Asimakopoulou, Dirk Sikorski Dialogue/Acting Coach: David Rawstron Lighting Designer: Fernanda Balcells Score & Set Design: Yesh Set & Props: Dimitris Mellos Publicity – Communication: Eleftheria SakareliPERFORMANCE DATES28th June – 5th August Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday at 20.00ΤICKETS15€ Drama Student Discount: tickets at the theatre box office for €12.
The pro-life label and 'Dune: Part Two'

Apr 23, 2024 | aleteia.org | David Ives

Spoiler alert! Works of art (which Villeneuve’s movies most certainly are) often have meanings their creators didn’t intend ... Recently on his HBO talk show, alleged comedian Bill Maher said the quiet part out loud while discussing his pro-choice stance on the topic of abortion. Of his pro-life opponents, Maher noted, “They think it’s murder, and it kind of is. I’m just okay with that. I am. I mean there’s eight billion people in the world. ‘I’m sorry, we won’t miss you.’ That’s my position on that.
Our review of "Cabrini," and why secular critics like it

Mar 3, 2024 | aleteia.org | David Ives

The film is as lavish looking as any historical drama Hollywood puts out these days and the acting from its international cast is top notch all aroundWithout donors, Aleteia's future is uncertain. Join our Lenten Campaign 2024. PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TO ALETEIANotwithstanding Mel Gibson, who showed up to Passion of the Christ already world famous, the faith-based film genre is not one that generally produces household names.
Venus in Fur :: Ink 19

Mar 1, 2024 | ink19.com | David Ives |Carl F Gauze

by David Ivesdirected by Monica Long Tamborellofeaturing Walter Kmiec and Tracie LangOrlando Shakes really pushes boundaries with this psychosexual drama. Show producer Thomas (Kmiec) has one last actress to cross examine, and then he can go home to his safe and cozy wife. But as Thomas closes up, he is forced to interview the sexy and psychotic Vanda (Lang), an actress he wasn’t expecting on so many levels.
A Netflix series review

Feb 18, 2024 | aleteia.org | David Ives

What makes the series of particular interest during Lent is that most of the objects discussed are among the Passion relics. Uh oh. There’s a documentary series about Catholic relics appearing on Netflix, one of the less religious-friendly streaming networks out there? Well, that sounds like a recipe for disaster, doesn’t it?
Artist finds beauty in broken pieces

Oct 30, 2023 | nationalobserver.com | Patricia Lane |David Ives

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. David Ives sees beauty in the broken. He hopes his art will help us see the beauty and promise of reclaimed materials. This Vancouver-based mixed media artist and designer is passionate about redefining “waste” as things simply waiting to be repurposed. Tell us about your work.
Do makers of 'Mother Teresa & Me' understand the Dark Night?

Oct 4, 2023 | aleteia.org | David Ives

The film comes across portraying her as a "secular saint" rather than a woman of heroic sanctity. “I call, I cling, I want, and there is no one to answer … Where I try to raise my thoughts to heaven, there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives and hurt my very soul. Love – the word – it brings nothing.