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”
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.
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”
Taxi Driver, by Albert W. Vogt III
Recently, I watched The French Connection (1971), the American Film Institute’s ninety-third greatest American film of all time. Lower on the list is Taxi Driver (1976) at number fifty-two. These movies are linked… Read more “Taxi Driver, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Shane, by Albert W. Vogt III
Who does not want to see a movie about the change over from free range cattle raising to homesteading in the late nineteenth century American West? I do… Read more “Shane, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The African Queen, by Albert W. Vogt III
There were many misconceptions I brought into my viewing of The African Queen (1951), number sixty-five on the American Film Institute’s (AFI) list of the 100 greatest American films… Read more “The African Queen, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Chevalier, by Albert W. Vogt III
There were three films premiering this weekend: Evil Dead Rise, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, and Chevalier (2022). If there is a moment when you thought that I would be seeing Evil Dead Rise,… Read more “Chevalier, by Albert W. Vogt III”
