Macrina's Movie List

Macrina’s List:  Wonderful movies for prayerful reflection/discussion 

Sorry folks!  Not necessarily feel-good movies

• A Far Off Place 
• As it is in Heaven                                                                                                                                   
• Constantine’s Sword  (excellent documentary)
• Departures  (Japanese film about honoring the dead)
• Dirt (excellent documentary)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 
• First do no harm
• Freedom Writers
• Gifted Hands
• Guzaarish
• How to Cook Your Life (documentary)
• Iron Jawed Angels
• I’ve Loved you so long
•  I Am 
• Lars and the real live girl
• Peaceful Warrior
• Monsieur Lazhar
•  Motorcycle Diaries                                                                       
• My name is Khan
• Of God’s and Men
• Redwood Forest
• Salmon Fishin in Yemen
• Sarah's Key
• Smoke Signals
• Temple Grandin
• The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas   
• The Blue Butterfly
• The Pearl Divers
• The Secret Life of Bees
• The Secret Life of Words
• The Visitor
• The Soloist
• The Station Agent
•  The First Grader
• The Last Station
• The Tree of Life [very symbolic]    
• The Way
• Shaddarack   

Speaking of Shadrack:   A film that sees the complicated world issues of race, death and poverty through the eyes of a 10 year old.  As MacDowell says, "I wouldn't call it an art film.  It's just a beautiful little movie that's going to have to compete with the blockbusters pretty much by word of mouth.  Hope it gets a big mouth.

--I don't think it got a big mouth at the theater  but it got my mouth.   Macrina