Steven D. Greydanus
Film Critic at National Catholic Register
Film critic, Catholic deacon, father of 7. Please follow me at https://t.co/wh5hxP5V0x & https://t.co/U1Fxt3E6oI
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Jan 7, 2025 |
uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Steven D. Greydanus
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7Luke 3:15-16, 21-22There’s a curious tension in Catholic imagination regarding the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. In the rosary, the baptism in the Jordan is the first of the luminous mysteries—the still somewhat nouveau mysteries of Jesus’ public ministry, which were popularized by Pope St. John Paul II.
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Jun 11, 2024 |
uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Steven D. Greydanus
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opens with a God’s-eye view of a fragile sliver of green in a vast expanse of rust orange: an oasis of life in the post-apocalyptic desert landscape of George Miller’s Mad Max films. How fragile the Green Place is, even its guardians don’t know. All they know is that if this place of abundance is discovered by the rapacious hordes jockeying for control of the Wasteland, that will be the end of the abundance.
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May 6, 2024 |
uscatholic.org | Sarah Butler |Steven D. Greydanus
Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat opens, very nearly, with a familiar scenario: a dispiriting encounter between a young artist with an exacting creative vision and a conventional corporate gatekeeper with a checklist approach to what sells. The scene depicts a real-life exchange between 24-year-old Mary Flannery O’Connor (played by Maya Hawke, the director’s daughter) and her editor at Holt Rinehart regarding her unfinished novel Wise Blood, which the editor wants to conform to typical literary norms.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Steven D. Greydanus
Acts 4:8 – 12Psalms 118:1, 8 – 9, 21 – 23, 26, 28, 291 John 3:1 – 2John 10:11 – 18Americans love underdog success stories: for example, transformational figures who faced early rejection or dismissal, like Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and Oprah Winfrey. The lives of the saints include many such underdog stories, like Saint Joseph of Cupertino, who was reportedly widely scorned as a feckless good-for-nothing before becoming known for his great holiness and miraculous gifts.
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Mar 4, 2024 |
uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Steven D. Greydanus
The inevitable analogy of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two as The Empire Strikes Back to Dune: Part One’s Star Wars was recently highlighted by Christopher Nolan. The Empire Strikes Back has become the paradigmatic genre sequel that surpasses the original, and the standard by which every ambitious second film in a series is measured.
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