Name one movie that George Lucas has directed other than Star Wars. Before you go to the Google machine, I will tell you: THX 1138 (1971). Yet, because no one has heard… Read more “American Graffiti, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Author: Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.
Greetings! If you are wondering why the funny robes, it is because I have a Ph.D. in American History from Loyola University Chicago. While there, I wrote my dissertation on Catholics in film. With this blog I intend to bring my Catholic perspective to current film content.
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Albert W. Vogt III
Life is messy, or at least it can be. It is the unfortunate nature of our fallen world, the lingering curse of the impudence of our forebears, Adam… Read more “A Streetcar Named Desire, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Midnight Cowboy, by Albert W. Vogt III
Can we count 1969 as being part of the 1970s? That is the year Midnight Cowboy came out, number forty-three on the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of… Read more “Midnight Cowboy, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Pulp Fiction, by Albert W. Vogt III
People love Pulp Fiction (1994), including the American Film Institute (AFI). They have it as the ninety-fourth greatest American film of all time on its list of the top 100. At… Read more “Pulp Fiction, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Platoon, by Albert W. Vogt III
When I was younger, I used to romanticize war. I look back on those days, and I thank God I did not go through with a military career. In… Read more “Platoon, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Sixth Sense, by Albert W. Vogt III
M. Knight Shyalaman’s The Sixth Sense (1999), number eighty-nine on the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time list, is a good movie. The problem is that… Read more “The Sixth Sense, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Albert W. Vogt III
Fasten your metaphorical reading seatbelts, and forgive me for making up a clunky new version of an old cliché. To answer the question asked by the title character… Read more “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Ben-Hur, by Albert W. Vogt III
One of the unfortunate aspects of Ben-Hur (1959), the 100th entry on the American Film Institute’s (AFI) 100 Greatest American Films of All Time list, is the scene for which… Read more “Ben-Hur, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Rear Window, by Albert W. Vogt III
Count Alfred Hitchcock among the legendary Hollywood directors of which I have not been as enamored with as others. Not everything he has done is bad in my… Read more “Rear Window, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Network, by Albert W. Vogt III
Did anything good come out of the 1970s? Please know that I am judging this solely based on film, and how Hollywood portrayed American culture and society at… Read more “Network, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 