• Dear Movies

In Dear Movies, Peter Malone draws on his long experience of film reviewing and of writing and leading workshops on films and values.  He has often been asked, 'What's your favourite film?'  Dear Movies is part of his answer.

He as chosen to write letters to over 100 movies, each letter beginning a conversation with the film, opening up some of their themes, their ways of telling stories, their roles as fables and parables.  He also shares what each movie means to him, inviting us - the readers - to discover our dear movies: how the movies we enjoy help us to explore values, offering insights into the spirituality of daily living and more demanding challenges.

He remembers that Jesus told stories about the ordinary, familiar things of everyday life - stories that still teach us to look more deeply into ourselves and identify what is real, lasting, precious, encouraging, difficult and demanding.

This is the kind of storytelling we look for in films.  Dear Movies reminds us that while we have always looked for values and spirituality in music, in the visual arts, in theatre, in poetry and novels, movies too invite us to share experiences and to connect film with our understanding of God's purposes for our lives.

Reading Peter's Dear Movies is more than a joy and revelation.  It is a reminder of the power of pictures, and the important role movies still play in al our lives today - Foreward by Jan Epstein.


Hear Peter Malone discussing Dear Movies with Neil Johnson on Vision Christian Media's 20Twenty -Dear Movies - How Movies Shaped our Lives including Jesus Movies - Peter Malone

Peter Malone is a Missionary of the Sacred Heart who has taught Old Testament Studies and Theology at the Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne and conducted Spirituality seminars at the Heart of Life Centre for Spiritual and Pastoral Formation.  He has written Jesus...According to the Scriptures and Hearts Burning Within Us for Lectio Divina. He headed SIGNIS, The World Catholic Association for Communication and has written several books on cinema, theology and spirituality including Screen Jesus and Screen Priests.  

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Author Peter Malone
Pages 426
Publication Date 3 July 2020
Imprint Coventry Press
ISBN 9780648725183

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