Archive - 100 Movies Every Catholic Should See

#156: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | Power, Control, and Paranoia

Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh

Sep 4 • Joe Wilson

Run So As To Win | Pushing Yourself To The Limits With Radical Trust In God

A riveting new documentary focuses on one man’s quest to find his God-given potential through running.

Sep 3 • Cameron DeLaFleur

Remembering Tim Curry’s Most Iconic Performance

PLUS: Kurosawa’s underseen Shakespeare adaption and the first ever film serial killer.

Sep 2 • Joe Lollo, Cameron DeLaFleur, and Josh Forbes

The 40 Best Movies of the 1940s (Readers Poll)

Ranking the movies of Hollywood’s Golden Age

Sep 1 • Samuel Morales

August 2026

The Fault in Our ‘Dog Stars’

Ridley Scott’s latest film fails to impress…yet again

Aug 31 • Maximilian Weidenkopf

Man of Steel: Second Chances for a Piece of Pop Culture

New video essay!

Aug 26 • Kevin Chan and Louis Singleton

21:41

Jason Statham Leaves Audiences Too Bored for ‘Mutiny’

Hollywood’s latest pander to container ship nerds

Aug 24 • Dean Robbins

When Politics Becomes Personal | Understanding Our Political Fears Through Film (Series #12)

How political thrillers turn our anxieties into compelling stories with everyday heroes

Aug 21 • Cameron DeLaFleur

The Power of Cinematic Ecology

How The Unreal Can Point To The Real

Aug 20 • Dean Robbins

Why We Didn’t Love the Spider-Verse’s Most Acclaimed Sequel

PLUS: A defense of Battleship and a descent into horrors of cyber-crime.

Aug 19 • Charles Scott, Joe Lollo, and Dean Robbins

What Were the Best Movies of the 1940s?

Vote on your top 10 from the decade!

Aug 18 • Samuel Morales

'The End of Oak Street' Deserves to Bomb

Or, the continued emasculation of Ewan McGregor

Aug 17 • Samuel Morales

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