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Pan or Praise? PBS on the Pope
BY Verne Gay Also: This fall sees the death of the family hour
August 29 - September 4, 1999 Issue 
It's September, which means — for millions of us, anyway — time to pull out the rakes, or turn on the set. Literally turn on the set: So-called usage of television increases exponentially during the fall, for reasons of weather and, of course, new programming.
New schedules will launch on six major... READ MORE
Videos in Release
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
A Civil Action
Quality galore can be found in A Civil Action, a movie based on Jonathan Harr's nonfiction best seller. Its director is Steven Zaillian, who has a history of thoughtful filmmaking. Its cast is top-notch, with John Travolta as overconfident Boston personal-injury attorney Jan... READ MORE
Matthew’s Gospel In Rough Beauty
BY John Prizer
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
Why make biblical epics? Most filmmakers produce them to entertain and/or get rich. Others aim higher and try to connect contemporary audiences with the ideas and stories upon which our culture is based.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew accomplishes all of this and more. No one knows for certain... READ MORE
Videos in Release
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
A Civil Action
Quality galore can be found in A Civil Action, a movie based on Jonathan Harr's nonfiction best seller. Its director is Steven Zaillian, who has a history of thoughtful filmmaking. Its cast is top-notch, with John Travolta as overconfident Boston personal-injury attorney Jan... READ MORE
Matthew’s Gospel In Rough Beauty
BY John Prizer
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
Why make biblical epics? Most filmmakers produce them to entertain and/or get rich. Others aim higher and try to connect contemporary audiences with the ideas and stories upon which our culture is based.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew accomplishes all of this and more. No one knows for certain... READ MORE
Videos in Release
BY Loretta G. Seyer
August 15-21, 1999 Issue
October Sky
It's October 1957, and the United States is enthralled by the launch of Sputnik, the first spaceship to circle the globe. Particularly intrigued by the Russian craft is Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal), the teen-age son of John, a tough West Virginia mine superintendent (Chris Cooper) ... READ MORE
Fighting the Catholic Lag In Contemporary Music
August 08-14, 1999 Issue
Jay Dunlap
Singing the Praises of Daily Life
August 08-14, 1999 Issue
Tim Drake
Videos in Release
BY Loretta G. Seyer
August 1-7, 1999 Issue
Microcosmos
Sponsored by a consortium of European countries and their film departments, Microcosmos is a wonder to behold. The nature documentary's exquisite footage was shot in an anonymous meadow surrounded by trees somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. A sweetly voiced narrator announces that... READ MORE
In August, Television Looks at History
BY Verne Gay
August 1-7, 1999 Issue
So, it's August: Time to turn off the TV set and head outdoors? The answer is a qualified “yes.” Qualified only because there are a few gems worth catching before the fall season gets under way in September. August, for example, brings us another “pledge” period on public television. You have to... READ MORE
Videos in Release
July 11-17,1999 Issue
Devil's Arithmetic
Based on a popular children's novel by Jane Yolen, this Showtime film opens in New Rochelle, N.Y., as Hannah (Kirsten Dunst) and some teen-age buddies visit a tattoo shop. Before she can decide which tattoo would suit her, she has to dash. Hannah's parents are expecting the... READ MORE
The Third Man and the Seductiveness of Evil
BY John Prizer
July 11-17,1999 Issue
Certain people have a special talent for leading others astray. Through charm and manipulation they can persuade essentially decent folk to be party to terrible things. They present evil as exciting and the good as boring and bland.
The devil is often depicted as this kind of tempter, and an... READ MORE
Videos on Release
BY Loretta G. Seyer
July 4-10, 1999 Issue
Baby Geniuses
As a comedy, Baby Geniuses is a misfire with a preposterous plot. The megalomaniacal Dr. Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) is the chair of Babyco, the world's largest maker of infant products. In addition to searching for incessant corporate profits, Kinder is bent on cracking the secret... READ MORE
Family Films Make More Money
July 4-10, 1999 Issue
Forbes magazine on April 19 carried an article by Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Mich. In it, he points out that Hollywood needs to take a long look at its bottom line. An excerpt follows.
A recent, extensive study of... READ MORE
For Justice, or for Pride?
BY John Prizer In The Winslow Boy a family's trust is tested
July 4-10, 1999 Issue
The Winslow Boy takes us back to a time when honor was important and a family's good name was something worth fighting for.
Based on Terence Rattigan's classically constructed 1946 play, it's set in middle-class Edwardian London whose culture is often depicted today as hypocritical and... READ MORE
Videos on Release
June 27 - July 03, 1999 Issue
Alice in Wonderland
First broadcast on NBC in February as a movie special, Alice in Wonderland has just been released in video stores. This latest rendition of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic for children, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is a sumptuous production, employing complicated special... READ MORE
Nature Shows for Avid Indoorsmen
BY Verne Gay
June 27 - July 03, 1999 Issue
John Paul II Thematic Biography
So what was the big news in television this past month? From a Catholic viewer's perspective, that would be the little announcement that came out of public television's annual convention in San Francisco in early June. “Frontline” — PBS's premiere news series — has... READ MORE
Videos on Release
June 20-26, 1999 Issue
Race for the Record
Assembled by Major League Baseball Productions, Race for the Record documents the thrilling competition between Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs as they stalked Roger Maris' record of 61 home runs in a single season. From the start of... READ MORE
The Silent Passion of D.W. Griffith
BY John Prizer The epic Intolerance broke cinematic ground with a Christ-centered theme
June 20-26, 1999 Issue
David Wark Griffith's silent classic, Intolerance, premiered on Sept. 15, 1916. It cost 20 times more than any other movie made up until then and featured many daring photographic and narrative innovations. By that time, Hollywood had already established itself as the one and only production center... READ MORE
Bishops Drafting Guidelines on Churches
BY Michael S. Rose
June 13-19, 1999 Issue
In November meetings, the U.S. bishops will decide the final form of a new document giving standards for Church buildings, according to Father James Moroney, director of the bishops' Committee on Liturgy.
Many modern churches have been designed to fit standards mentioned in a commentary published... READ MORE
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