Everyday Liminality

Portraying the CIA as cold and calculated, treating human beings as collateral damage, is fairly common for blockbusters. In 2001's Spy Game, we see a spy in Brad Pitt who struggles to keep his emotions out of his work.

Tina Fey is a beloved writer and actor across the world, but it seems that her works never receive the popularity they deserve. Nothing highlights this more than her 2016 biographical film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Marketed as a slapstick comedy, it's actually a deeply moving story of conversion and self-actualization.

By now, the idea of a comic book or super hero movie is old news. Over the past 20 years, the genre has exploded into major franchises worth billions of dollars. And yet, one little, mostly forgotten movie from 2000 tops them all. At least, according to Fr. Casey and Fr. Tito.

You've seen movies where a child is separated from his/her parents and spends the whole moving lost, looking for home and finding themselves. You've probably never seen one so politically charged, and for kids.

Big Fish is a fantastic movie in every sense of the word. It's whimsical, imaginative, and deeply touching in the way that it portrays a father and son learning to understand each other late in life.

V for Vendetta is one of the most riveting, well-written movies I've ever seen. For a number of reasons, it received very mixed review and won no awards.

There might not be crying in baseball, but tears might be shed watching this movie about baseball. In some ways a classic for its comedy, we want to argue that it is tragically underrated for its cinematic power. One of our favorite movies of all time.

You've probably seen Jackie Chan in American movies later in life, but have you ever seen him in his prime? Police Story is his directorial debut and it was an incredible hit in China. Too bad few have ever seen it in the West.

Last season we looked at the most iconic, well-known films. This season we're going the opposite direction.

There are many films considered "classics." But which one is the most iconic of all?