Catholic in Film School

I’ve decided to start a new thread where I highlight two or three movies I have recently seen that I think you should. Some movies will be old favorites, others will be more recent releases.
1. Henry Poole Was Here
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days [...]

I promise not to talk about politics anymore after Nov. 4th, but this is important.
I wrote about the financial crisis Thursday evening for this week’s edition of my news column. Friday morning I woke up with one question—why are the Democrats trying to hastily push through a bill that Bush approves? They hate him.
This morning [...]

Angela sent me a link to this video of an anti-abortion vs. abortion supporters protest that went awry. The footage is from an August demonstration in Argentina. I got chills watching it.

I now turn your attention to something a bit more positive. Eduardo Verastegui has made an anti-abortion, anti Barack Obama video for Catholic News [...]

I think I may have to dub today “What in the Hot Crispy Heck? Day:
The California Assembly and the Senate is trying to set into law, a ‘GAY DAY’ holiday for California school children. We don’t have much time to act to protect our children!
This IS easy–when you call the gov’s #, you just [...]

If you don’t understand the current American economic meltdown or why there is a movement to “kill the [bailout] bill,” this is an excellent video that explains what in the hot, crispy heck is going on:

It’s true, I do.
My new projects are in full swing. I’m still in post for Pilgrims but it’s proving to be somewhat difficult to continue my scripts from last year as my one—yes only one—screenwriting class this semester for adaptation is currently kicking my butt.
I’m not complaining though, adaptation is bread and butter for a [...]

I have a stack of things I’ve been meaning to review…since the summer.
First up–The Faithful Traveler: Philadelphia’s Miraculous Medal Shrine!
Join Diana von Glahn as she explores the history, tradition, art and architecture behind Philadelphia’s Miraculous Medal Shrine.
When 24-year-old Catherine Laboure entered the Parisian convent of the Daughters of Charity, she had no idea that her [...]

A commenter Duffy was so gracious to suggest that there may have been an object in the last episode of Fringe that looked like a rosary. See for yourself:

It seems almost too obvious to pass up. Are there some Catholics on the set of Fringe? My curiosity has been peaked.
Pax Christi, Rebecca.

So I went to my first Catholic Underground LA on Saturday. It was an awesome event and I’m pretty sure I will be attending each month hereafter until kingdom come. My love for the FFOR’s has been renewed once again.

My new friend Amy who I met through 4marks, then through Facebook, and finally in person [...]

First of all, sorry I’ve been MIA the past few days. This week has been a total blur. I’ve been traipsing around LA attending industry events, working my multiple jobs, going to class, etc. and haven’t had much time for blogging. On Wednesday night I got lost on the way back to campus and ended [...]

I’ve been feeling a little disconnected from the church lately.
For the past few weeks we’ve been discussing ethnic diversity within the church in my religious education class, something that I acknowledge a catechist like myself needs to be aware of as the demographics of the American church are rapidly changing. It’s been interesting to talk [...]

Sometimes I wonder if the world is crazy or if it’s just me.
I went to the Angelus Student Film Festival Saturday night. I have to say that it was the best student film festival I’ve ever been to. Most of the films shown were from grad students, but the work was still amazing for low-budget [...]

It was eerily quiet when I woke up this morning. As soon as I opened my eyes I prepared to say my morning offering, and then I realized that today is Sept. 11th.
I will never forget where I was on this day in 2001. I was at school. My mother had just dropped me off [...]

Put together by Grassroots Films.

Pax Christi, Rebecca.

Because it’s about that time again–time for the Us vs. Them movie battle.
Movies coming out from them:
Johnny Depp is said to be producing and starring in a big-screen adaption of the graphic novel Rex Mundi, which tells the story of “descendants of Jesus” searching for the Holy Grail. Like Dan Brown’s best-selling novel and the [...]

Events I will be attending in the next few weeks:
Angelus Student Film Festival, Sat. Sept 13
I did the right thing this time and got my tickets really early…like months ago early, LOL. The festival is this weekend and I’m really excited to see the films and have a mini-reunion with some people I met over the [...]

In case you hadn’t figured it out, Pilgrims is postponed. My aim is to have the first episode up by next Friday.  Eventually, I will tell you why it was postponed, but for now just say a prayer and smile…because it’s a darned good reason.
Pax Christi, Rebecca.

Friggin Youtube is at it again:
YouTube, the popular Internet-video website, blocked four videos from the pro-life student organization Live Action over the past two weeks, saying that the videos contained “inappropriate content”. YouTube gave neither advance warning nor
specific reasons for why the videos were removed, and has not responded to Live Action’s request to cease [...]

There are two new and very exciting media resources that just hit the market.
First, there’s Catholic Media House, run by Stephen Officer:

CMH has many media resources like backgrounds and short films to enhance any homily, conference, or youth event.
Real Catholic TV launched yesterday on the 1st, and has some fresh new programming I’m interested [...]