This is the second in a series of posts about applying the standards of the thirteenth Article of Faith to film, both as audiences and creators. Having begun in part one to explore the concept of virtue and what makes a virtuous film, I now continue to the next part of the standard: loveliness.
Monthly Archive: July 2010
Jul
27
CleanFlix and Clean Flicks: A Look At Edited Movies
Once upon a time, my wife and I watched a TV movie on a basic cable channel — the TV-edited version of a movie that was originally rated R in theaters. It was okay, but the interesting part was what we didn’t see.
Jul
19
Review: Money Or Mission (B)
“So,” thinks Patrick Gill, the main character of Money or Mission, “should I choose money or a Church mission?” Given that Money or Mission is a Church film, which do YOU think he is going to choose in the end?
Jul
08
Casting Standards for Church Films
Back in 2005, after posting my original review for The Other Side of Heaven, I received an email from a sister in the Church: I was greatly distressed to learn last week that the young woman who portrays Jean Groberg in “The Other Side of Heaven” has just made a movie (not released yet) which …
Jul
04
Dreams, Visions, Movies: Tools for Meaningful Teaching
I remember the first time I successfully helped one of my five daughters with a life problem by relating it to a movie she had seen. Sara was only five at the time, and had come to me distraught over some interaction she’d had with a sister or friend. As so often happens with parents, I was inclined …
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