DIRECTOR’S BLOG Scottish Saints on Stage: St John Ogilvie and Venerable Margaret Sinclair 10th March – Feast of St John Ogilvie On this day in 2012, AGAP Theatre premiered “The Martyrdom of Saint John Ogilvie” by Stephen Callaghan at the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. The play was a huge success and toured extensively across […]
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FILM REVIEW CONCLAVE (Dir. Edward Berger. 2024. Cert 12) Someone once quoted to me the old adage, “The closer you are to the Church, the further you are from God.” In other words, those who get so caught up in the trappings of the mechanisms of the institution can find their view of the Eternal obscured.
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FILM REVIEW MARY (Dir. D.J. Caruso, 2024) Released on Netflix on 6th December 2024 The life of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is vividly portrayed in a lavish new production distributed by Netflix during the season of Advent when Christians prepare to celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ. The film boasts high production values and
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FILM REVIEW JUROR #2 (Dir. Clint Eastwood. 2024. Cert 12) Courtroom dramas have always been popular with Hollywood cinema but in his 95th year, veteran film maker and star, Clint Eastwood, has served up a brilliantly thought-provoking and well-made film. Juror #2 boasts an all-star cast that includes JK Simmons, Toni Collette and Kiefer Sutherland in
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FILM REVIEW VENOM: THE LAST DANCE (Dir. Kelly Marcell. 2024. Cert 15) The third instalment in the Venom saga sees Tom Hardy return to the role of the anarchic symbiote alien anti-superhero to thwart an alien invasion. A wonderfully entertaining blend of comedy and sci-fi, the Venom movies achieve uniqueness amidst the wash of superhero movies
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FILM REVIEW: HERETIC (dir. Scott Beck, Bryan Woods) Released: 1st November 2024, UK. A famous conversation once took place between the two great 20th Century fantasy novelists, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, which stretched on into the wee small hours. Lewis and Tolkien were both lecturing at Oxford, both had seen the horrors of the
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