\nAndrei Rublev<\/a>
\nBabette’s Feast<\/a> – I really enjoyed this slow-moving but tender film.
\nBen-Hur<\/a> – The four-disc edition also includes the original silent film–an excellent dvd set.
\nThe Flowers of St. Francis<\/a>
\nFrancesco
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The Gospel According to St. Matthew<\/a>\nLa Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ<\/a>
\nA Man for All Seasons<\/a>
\nThe Mission<\/a> – I love the music in this film.
\nMonsieur Vincent
\nNazarin
\nOrdet<\/a>
\nThe Passion of Joan of Arc<\/a>
\nThe Sacrifice<\/a>
\nTherese<\/a><\/p>\n
Values:<\/span> Art:<\/span> For more information, see Steven Greydanus’ excellent article, “The Vatican Film List: Ten Years Later<\/a>,” and reviews of all the films on the US Bishops’ web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 1995, to commemorate 100 years of film-making, the Vatican made a list of what it called “Some Important Films.” The list was divided into three areas–Religion, Values and Art. I’ve been gradually acquiring them and watching them. What I particularly like about the list are the international titles. Here’s the list with a few comments of my own thrown in: Religion: Andrei Rublev Babette’s Feast – I really enjoyed this slow-moving but tender film. Ben-Hur – The four-disc edition also includes the original silent film–an excellent dvd...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[78,194],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","tag-reviews","tag-vatican"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/babette.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-b5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3996,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions\/3996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAu Revoir Les Enfants<\/a>
\nThe Bicycle Thief<\/a>
\nThe Burmese Harp<\/a>
\nChariots of Fire<\/a> – Show this movie to all the athletes in your family.
\nDecalogue<\/a>
\nDersu Uzala<\/a>
\nGandhi<\/a>
\nIntolerance<\/a>
\nIt’s a Wonderful Life<\/a>
\nOn the Waterfront<\/a> – One of my favorite movies of all time–Brando and Malden are brilliant.
\nOpen City<\/a>
\nSchindler’s List<\/a>
\nThe Seventh Seal<\/a>
\nTree of Wooden Clogs<\/a>
\nWild Strawberries<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCitizen Kane<\/a> – Another one of my favorites.
\n8 1\/2<\/a>
\nFantasia<\/a>
\nGrand Illusion<\/a>
\nLa Strada<\/a>
\nThe Lavender Hill Mob<\/a>
\nThe Leopard<\/a>
\nLittle Women<\/a>
\nMetropolis<\/a> – I can’t believe how powerful this movie remains after all these years.
\nModern Times<\/a> – My family’s favorite Chaplin movie–hilarious and touching.
\nNapoleon
\nNosferatu<\/a>
\nStagecoach<\/a>
\n2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a>
\nThe Wizard of Oz<\/a><\/p>\n