Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

Leave No Trace – and two other father-daughter films

This past week I screened three films, now in theaters, about the relationships between fathers and daughters. Two are...

Won’t You Be My Neighbor – The Influence of Television

Blessed James Alberione, the founder of my religious community, the Daughters of St. Paul, had the idea at the...

The Incredibles 2 – Family First

I don’t know of any sequel in recent memory that matches the original and “The Incredibles 2” is no...

Solo: A Star Wars Story – More Than Meets the Eye

If you’re a lifelong Star Wars fan like I am (Episode IV was the first movie I remember seeing...

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word beautifully portrays hope and lived faith

“Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,” a new documentary from Oscar-nominated and award-winning director Wim Wenders, is a...

Tully – Muddling through Motherhood

Since we’re still in the Mother’s Day spirit, here’s a movie that could possibly appeal to all you Moms...

Wraith – A Pro-Life Horror Film

Writer-director Michael Sajbel (One Night With the King), brings his convictions about the sanctity of all human life to...

A Quiet Place – For the Love of Family

Horror movies are really not my thing so I was surprised by the positive buzz I was hearing about...

Avengers: Infinity War – The Gang’s All Here

The 19th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Avengers: Infinity War” packs in every superhero to show his or...

New Film Documents Famous Exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth

Noted film critic Pauline Kael (1919-1991) reviewed William Friedkin’s 1973 supernatural thriller “The Exorcist” in the Jan. 7, 1974,...

The Dating Project – A Cultural Avalanche of a Film

Dating. A film about dating. Yes, you’ve got it. It may sound basic to you, but is it really?...

The Miracle Season – Not an end, but a beginning

During this joyous Easter season when we celebrate new life, the Life that gives hope to our broken world,...