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Catholic filmmakers discussing craft & conscience in the movies. 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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Signup to Generate a PitchCatholic filmmakers discussing craft & conscience in the movies. 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.
Catholic Film Club is hosted by Benedictine College. The show has published 27 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "HBO Harry Potter series should have been animated." (15 July 2025, 5 minutes), "What JAWS teaches us about Morality" (10 July 2025, 38 minutes), and "SOUND OF HOPE | Filmmaker Interview ft. Foster Ministry Coordinator" (24 June 2025, 32 minutes).
Catholic Film Club publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 27 episodes.
Booking probability for Catholic Film Club is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Catholic Film Club requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Catholic Film Club's contact route on record: verified email.
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Benedictine College hosts Catholic Film Club, a tv show with 27 episodes published.
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Episode #28
<p>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. <br> <br> The Catholic...
Episode #27
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. INSTAGRAM: @media.benedictine...
Episode #26
<p>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 bring an unmatched...
Episode #25
<p>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 prospector...
Episode #24
<p>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 photo-negative of Wisdom...
Episode #23
<p>Is God in the movie? <br> <br> 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 film "Hail...
Episode #22
<p>The passing of Pope Francis inspired us to watch his favorite movies.</p> <p>ROME OPEN CITY directed by Roberto Rossellini</p> <p>LA STRADA directed by Federico Fellini</p> <p>BABETTE'S FEAST directed by Gabriel...
Episode #21
<p>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, Fruitvale Station)...
Episode #20
<p>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 Guillermo Del Toro...
Episode #19
<p>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 Geppetto, his classic...
Episode #18
<p>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 Ford Coppola. <br>...
Episode #17
<p>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 us in two weeks...
Episode #16
<p>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 films for any...
Episode #15
<p>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 Harris, because...
Episode #14
<p>WATCH VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBE<br> <br> 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 movie...
Episode #13
<p>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, Harrison Butker, at...
Episode #12
<p>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 Depp's...
Episode #11
<p>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 great tension of the...
Episode #10
<p>Is Mary the original Yas Queen? Or is she so much more? <br> <br> MARY is the latest biblical epic distributed by Netflix. It stars Israeli actress Noa Cohen as The Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ alongside Anthony...
Episode #9
<p>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 crucial moment in...
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