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Steven D. Greydanus

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Biography:

SDG has been writing about film since 2000, when he created Decent Films. SDG has contributed to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy, and the T&T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film. For ten years he co-hosted the Gabriel Award–winning cable TV show “Reel Faith” for New Evangelization Television, and he has appeared frequently on Catholic radio. SDG is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and a deacon in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Favorites:

Steven D. Greydanus' all-time favorites include The Big Sleep, Brooklyn, Drunken Master II, Fantasia, Into Great Silence, The Kid Brother, The Kid With a Bike, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Spirited Away, The Tree of Wooden Clogs and The Wrong Man.

Location:

New Jersey, 20 minutes outside Manhattan

Official Website:

https://decentfilms.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Episode 4 (2022) EDIT “One of the more interesting elements of the show’s world-building is its depictions of ritual and orison in its various cultural settings.” – Catholic World Report Sep 16, 2022 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Episode 2 (2022) EDIT “Though not without missteps, Amazon's ambitious prequel series gets off to a fairly promising start.” – Catholic World Report Sep 1, 2022 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Episode 1 (2022) EDIT “Though not without missteps, Amazon's ambitious prequel series gets off to a fairly promising start.” – Catholic World Report Sep 1, 2022 Full Review Midnight Mass: Season 1 (2021) 87% EDIT “It's substance abuse, more than vampirism, that occasions strong moral judgments, especially when others are harmed.” – Slate Oct 14, 2021 Full Review Padre Brown, detective: Season 1 (2013) EDIT “While not without merit, [Father Brown] has little in common either with the letter or the spirit of Chesterton's yarns.” – Crux Apr 15, 2019 Full Review Jesus of Nazareth: Season 1 EDIT “May not be the best life-of-Jesus film ever made... but no other Jesus film offers an interpretation of the gospel story as comprehensive and definitive.” – Decent Films May 17, 2018 Full Review A- EDIT “Far from being morality tales, these short stories are closer to parables -- at least, they are as confounding and strange as Jesus' parables were to his first hearers.” – Decent Films Apr 3, 2017 Full Review
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