Category Archives: Cinema and TV

Have you ever wondered if cartoons could discuss the subject of malevolence? Professor Marta Brancatisano offers a potential response to this question. According to her, cinema (here we refer to any sort of depiction) creates "scandal" when it "does not respect the human grammar." In her book Man and Woman, Considerations of Dual Anthropology (“Uomo…

Is it wise to put a tv or a video game device, like the PlayStation or Xbox, in a child’s bedroom? What do the experts say? After just a brief examination, one discovers that psychologists are against it for various reasons. Let's see what they are. Why would it be better to not put a…

If you're looking for movies that make us reflect on or have conversations about issues surrounding the beginning of life, the following are probably for you... all of which can be viewed by audiences 14 and older. Unplanned (Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon, 2019) For eight years, Abby managed one of the U.S. abortion clinics…

At least once in our lives we justified a particular event by saying it was impossible to avoid, perhaps defining it as something inevitable that we didn’t see coming but that, one way or another, would have happened anyway. “Fate” comes from the Latin word fatum (“that which is said”), which indicates some irrevocable decision…

The Chosen: a series of surprises It’s captivated young people (and so many others!) around the world, leaving countless fans saying, “I grew closer to the Christian faith thanks to this series. It put a face to Jesus’ name.” We are referring to The Chosen tv series (produced by angelstudios.com) – a series broadcast only…

Have you ever watched an old TV series or a movie from years ago and found it particularly offensive? You may find some of them which are really offensive towards the communities that today are fighting for an equality not yet fully achieved in some countries of the world; some others are not yet totally…

"Love conquers all": these are the words that the founder of the Focolarini, Chiara Lubich (whose hundredth birthday was celebrated in 2020) heard within herself in a moment of prayer, in the midst of the bombings that were destroying her hometown of Trent (Italy) during World War II. Chiara Lubich. L’amore vince tutto (“Chiara Lubich.…

Not long ago, in early February, a certain Antonio Signore, AKA Junior Cally, with the song "No thanks" (a political song) was admitted to the competition in Sanremo (the most important music festival in Italy). The boy had, however, a history of quite sexist songs. He states: "They are just songs” and I even heard…

We're celebrating Christmas. It’s time for sharing, to spend time together with all the family and - why not? - time to watch Christmas movies with timeless values because, even as the years go by, the message always remains the same: we have to think of others at the cost of thinking less about ourselves.…

With a very pressing, very American style of storytelling, the documentary The Social Dilemma gets straight to the crux of the issue it is aims to address. Tristan Harris opens with a very poignant phrase: "If the service is free, you are the product." Professor Shoshana Zuboff (author of the book The Age of Surveillance…