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| #681521 in Books | Richard Leonard | 2006-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.50 x5.50l,.53 | File Name: 0829422013 | 200 pages | Movies That Matter Reading Film Through the Lens of Faith
||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Movies That Matter|By paolo|This is an even-handed and well-written exposition of the spiritual meanings of 54 feature films produced between 1966 and 2004. The titles fall into several genres and all rating categories. A few foreign films and one documentary are included. The author, a Jesuit priest-scholar, analyzes the films from a Catholic Christian viewpoint, pointing|From Publishers Weekly|Are movies just mind candy or can they be vehicles for theological inquiry? Jesuit film critic and writer Leonard clearly believes the latter. He examines 50 films and extracts their theological themes with a direct and engaging prose sty
A lively, discerning guide to what’s good, beautiful, and true at the movies
“Richard Leonard, SJ, expertly guides readers through some of the most popular recent films and shows us how even the most unlikely movies can encourage us to pray and draw closer to the divine . . . fascinating, lively, and often witty.” —James Martin, SJ, author of My Life with the Saints
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