The time has come to consider Wes Anderson. His film of 2004, perhaps at the peak of his career, is a springboard to dive deep into a sea of certain life themes: childhood, heaven, and Bill Murray. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Rock n' Roll Suicide" by Seu Jorge.
Join us as we discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1964 dark comedy on the bomb. We also discuss great acting. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn.
Both of them. A discussion of Denis Villeneuve's modern masterpieces side by side. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Desert Rose" by Sting.
A discussion of the 1966 stage-play-turned-film by Mike Nichols, starring Elizabeth Taylor. Topics include: Modern society, alcohol, marriage, divorce. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?" by Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra.
A discussion of Terrence Malick's 2015 critique of Hollywood life in a tapestry of camera, literature, and classical music. Topics include: ancient sources of the film, night life, modern life, nature, searching for a spouse, all things. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Shelter from the Storm" by Bob Dylan.
Join us as on journey into tales of Vikings and Valkyries as we discuss Robert Egger's 2022 epic film. It is the primitive version of Hamlet, it is highly detailed, and it is cold in the northern lands. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music from the film: "The King" by Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough.
Join us as we discuss the 2018 film by acclaimed Colombian director Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego. Topics include: family roots, destructive business and drugs, Caribbean locales, and more. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Tonada De Luna Llena" by Natalia Lafourcade.
Join us as we discuss a film of mixed reviews, Stanley Kubrick's 1975 historic and pastoral drama on Continental Europe. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Czech Suite, I. Praeludium Pastorale" by Antonin Dvořák.
A discussion of the 1964 classic by Michael Cacoyannis. Join us on the isle of Crete for a mere half of an hour to discuss virtue and vice. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Ο Χορός Του Ζορμπά" by Mikis Theodorakis.
A discussion of Terrence Malick's 2011 winner of the Palme d'Or. Radiance and gratitude, gratitude and radiance. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Hymn to Dionysus" by Gustav Holst.
A discussion of Walt Disney's 1940 film where Mickey meets classical music. Topics covered include: music itself, liking or not liking symphonies, and all things from the mind of Fr. Luke, a piano performance major from the University of Michigan. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas.
A discussion of Christopher Nolan's new film on the bomb and the man that made it. Listen to hear more of Fr. Luke's odyssey of the soul as a devotee of Nolan and more on Fr. Alan's concerns for civilization. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" by Henryk Górecki.
A discussion of 1953's elaborate advertisement to visit Rome in your free time. A discussion of the phenomenon of the actress that is Audrey Hepburn. Possibly our most metaphysical episode to date. As IMDB describes the film: "A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome." Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "On An Evening In Roma" by Dean Martin.
A discussion of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film about Moses and the exodus out of Egypt. How true is the movie to the text? Tune in as we finish our trilogy of historic epics on the podcast. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Exodus" by Wojciech Kilar.
A discussion of an absolute classic. Instead of spending four hours of your life on the film, find out all about it here as we discuss: depictions of Christ in film, Civil War fan fiction, the narrative arc of epics, and the protagonist himself Judah Ben-Hur. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Your Long Journey" by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant.
A discussion of the 1962 classic by Sir David Lean. Come wander in the desert with us as we discuss elements of the film and the World War I context. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music from the film.
And we're back... our first new episode in seven months. Technical difficulties have been overcome. Join us as we journey to North Africa to a 1990s Trappist monastery in Xavier Beauvois' film which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. Topics include: theology of martyrdom, Muslim-Christian dialogues, and the dialogues of human and divine love. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Alleluia Adorabo" by Choeur des moines de l'abbaye Notre Dame de Fontgombault.
Lost in the vault, this episode has come into the light after many months. Love it or leave it, we're discussing the 1939 classic film, New York State, Coronado Island, and above all the litmus test of each artist evaluating human nature which we all share. If this doesn't make sense, listen in! Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
Join us as we review Woody Allen's 1989 film, covering themes of New York City, sin, the director himself, and philosophical responses to WWII. Intro music: "Magne Pater" by Dominican Schola Cantorum. Outro music: "Introitus: Requiem aeternam" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.