Episodes 27
Avg. Duration 39m
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Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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Catholic filmmakers discussing craft & conscience in the movies. Hosted by Michael Coy and Patrick Bautista. The Catholic Film Club is sponsored by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College. The podcast features weekly episodes on new releases and trending topics in the industry, and monthly Film Club recommendations for classic films. Including interviews with filmmakers, and guest appearances by Benedictine College professors to enrich the way we talk about the movies.

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HBO Harry Potter series should have been animated.

Jul 15, 2025 5m

HBO has released the first image of young Harry Potter in costume. It's a disappointing image, to be sure. And it hammers home, for several reasons, why this show should have been animated. The…

What JAWS teaches us about Morality

Jul 10, 2025 37m

Jaws turns 50 this year. Tom Hoopes (The Extraordinary Story) shares 7 lessons every Catholic can take from Jaws. The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience in the movies.…

SOUND OF HOPE | Filmmaker Interview ft. Foster Ministry Coordinator

Jun 24, 2025 31m

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot is more than a movie. It is an expression of love by the film's creators Joshua and Rebekah Weigel. As the parents of adopted children, Joshua and Rebekah…

THERE WILL BE BLOOD and Corpus Christi | Movies After Mass

Jun 19, 2025 28m

We're talking There Will Be Blood on the solemnity of Corpus Christi. And, no, it's not just because both are about "blood." We're analyzing two famous scenes from this film about a misanthropic oil…

THE TERMINATOR reveals why we trust in God's Wisdom

Jun 12, 2025 26m

No Fate. All Providence. On Holy Trinity Sunday 2025, you will hear a reading from the Wisdom narratives in the Book of Proverbs. Skynet, the evil AI of the Terminator Franchise, is like a…

Hail, Caesar! Movie Review with Brother Max.

May 29, 2025 57m

Is God in the movie? Brother Maximilian Mary Anderson from St. Benedict's Abbey joins Michael Coy on the podcast to answer this question and many others in their discussion on the Coen Brothers…

POPE FRANCIS' favorite movies — ROME OPEN CITY, LA STRADA & BABETTE'S FEAST

Apr 30, 2025 47m

The passing of Pope Francis inspired us to watch his favorite movies. ROME OPEN CITY directed by Roberto Rossellini LA STRADA directed by Federico Fellini BABETTE'S FEAST directed by Gabriel…

SINNERS strikes the DEVIL'S CHORD but can't quite resolve it

Apr 26, 2025 1h 27m

SINNERS reaches for greatness... then has second thoughts. Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan star in this big-budget original movie written & directed by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed,…

Book vs. Movie | We're READING into Guillermo Del Toro's PInocchio

Apr 15, 2025 1h 39m

It's Carlo Collodi vs. Guillermo Del Toro. John and Jessica Beyer of Oasis Studio 7 join Michael Coy to discuss the classic book by Carlo Collodi and how its message is transformed or subverted by…

How a Stop-Motion PINOCCHIO helps us appreciate our Creator | Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

Apr 03, 2025 12m

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is a masterful retelling of the timeless tale by Carlo Collodi. He updates the story in many ways, adding his preoccupation with fascism, a tragic backstory to…

SECOND TAKES | The Conversation ft. Dr. Richard White

Mar 20, 2025 1h 5m

Dr. Richard White (Professor of Theology at Benedictine College) joins Michael Coy (guy) for a conversation about The Conversation, the paranoid thriller starring Gene Hackman, directed by Francis…

FIRST TAKE: Three Questions about THE CONVERSATION (1973)

Mar 08, 2025 7m

This month on the Catholic Film Club we're covering The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola's paranoid thriller about Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) a surveillance man who leads a very private life. Join…

HEART OF A SERVANT: The Fr. Flanagan Story | Director Rob Kaczmark

Feb 07, 2025 28m

We're happy to be joined by Rob Kaczmark, the President and CEO of Spirit Juice Studios. Spirit Juice is the premiere Catholic production company, based on Chicago, IL. They have created top flight…

CONCLAVE lies about Confession | SCENE ANALYSIS

Jan 30, 2025 16m

Conclave has been nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The most annoying of these nominations is Best Adapted Screenplay by Peter Straughn, based on the novel by Robert…

When David Lynch made a Disney movie

Jan 23, 2025 13m

WATCH VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBE To pay tribute to the late David Lynch, Michael Coy recommends his least celebrated film, THE STRAIGHT STORY, which was a G-Rated family film distributed by Disney. The…

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN celebrates the COURAGE of Bob Dylan

Jan 16, 2025 52m

Michael Coy and Tom Hoopes sit down to talk A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, starring Timothée Chalamet as the iconic musician, Bob Dylan. Tom Hoopes asserts that the speech given by Kansas City Chiefs kicker,…

NOSFERATU and "The Dance of Darkness"

Jan 09, 2025 54m

Michael and Patrick sit down with Dr. Nathan Bowman to discuss Robert Eggers latest horror film which is a retelling of the 1922 version, Nosferatu. Dr. Bowman recognized the physicality of Lily-Rose…

Did COVID kill Christmas Movies?

Dec 21, 2024 38m

The best Christmas movies in history came from times of great national unity following times of international stress. One thinks of the devastation of WW2 followed by WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954), the…

Netflix MARY and the PROBLEM with Bible Movies (SPOILERS)

Dec 13, 2024 35m

Is Mary the original Yas Queen? Or is she so much more? MARY is the latest biblical epic distributed by Netflix. It stars Israeli actress Noa Cohen as The Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ alongside…

WILDCAT | Making the most UNDERRATED movie of the year w/Eric Groth

Dec 05, 2024 42m

WILDCAT is a meditative journey into the spiritual and creative life of Flannery O'Connor. Ethan Hawke directs his daughter Maya Hawke as the great Catholic writer. Together they tell story of a…

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