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May 24, 2023
The new animated series Frog and Toad, streaming on Apple...
May 22, 2023
Disney+ adds new, kid-centric Star Wars, but takes away a...
May 18, 2023
While parents can barely suffer through many recent...
May 16, 2023
May is the month we celebrate mothers. Mothers do all kinds...
May 12, 2023
St. John Paul II, the actor-turned-pope, and Frank Capra,...
May 9, 2023
What makes the Canadian crime drama Murdoch Mysteries, ...
May 5, 2023
One of the most influential children’s stories ever gets...
May 2, 2023
How does one become royal? One can win it by force of arms,...
Apr 27, 2023
Shouting was not the most eyebrow-raising thing you could...
Apr 26, 2023
In this month's round-up: A miniseries takes a new angle on...
Apr 24, 2023
This year, PAW Patrol –- an animated series centered on...
Apr 21, 2023
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Two men face each other in a room: one, a man of science,...
Apr 21, 2023
In a signal of the horror genre’s expanding influence, a...
Apr 14, 2023
Let me say up front that The Pope's Exorcist is NOT a...
Apr 11, 2023
Faith-based films are on the rise, with two Christian...
Apr 4, 2023
A teenage saint inspires a film -- and bolsters the faith...
Mar 28, 2023
There are many movies that have Jewish characters and...
Mar 24, 2023
In this month's round-up of faith & family news: a new film...
Mar 22, 2023
"This is the Way," say Mandalorians -- but what does that...
Mar 16, 2023
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony could have been an Irish...
Mar 9, 2023
What does it take to make a truly great teacher? Sometimes...
Mar 2, 2023
For all the creativity that dramatists have brought to...
Feb 28, 2023
In this month's roundup of faith & family entertainment...
Feb 24, 2023
Lent is a big deal for all Christians, especially...
Feb 21, 2023
Even though he's become famous in the last few years for...
Feb 17, 2023
There's very little to find fault with in the British drama
Feb 10, 2023
In a world that equates love with infatuation, on-screen...
Feb 6, 2023
FTP producer-at-large Father Vince Kuna, C.S.C., is a Holy...
Feb 3, 2023
Watching dancers on TV or in films is one thing, yet...
Feb 2, 2023
On Feb. 12, 1993, Groundhog Day landed in movie theaters...
Jan 31, 2023
This month, we're looking at plans for the 30th annual...
Jan 26, 2023
Family Theater Productions' Emmy®- winning 2020 documentary
Jan 23, 2023
“We are under an assault on our sense of virtue,” the...
Jan 20, 2023
Celebrating its 80th anniversary this month, the classic...
Jan 16, 2023
These days, Disney is hit-and-miss for many parents, but in...
Jan 6, 2023
On Jan. 4, Fox premiered the reality/competition series ...
Jan 3, 2023
It's an irony of history that the man who ultimately...
Dec 27, 2022
As a New Year approaches, The Chosen continues to be a...
Dec 21, 2022
Steven Spielberg tells the coming-of-age period piece of...
Dec 16, 2022
In an age when epic fantasy has taken over popular...
Dec 14, 2022
It’s that fantastical time of the year called Christmas! A...
Dec 13, 2022
It’s that time of year when Christmas ads, decorations, and...
Dec 9, 2022
The famed Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is back on PBS...
Dec 5, 2022
Country-folk legend Johnny Cash (1932-2003) had many sides:...
Dec 1, 2022
Driven to maintain a lead in family entertainment, Disney...
Nov 29, 2022
In this month's faith & family media news, Tim Allen wanted...
Nov 22, 2022
Depicting Christ’s ministry through serialized TV, The...
Nov 21, 2022
Memento Mori (Remember You Must Die) — November, All Souls...
Nov 16, 2022
Last night, Warner Bros. Television and The CW put on a...
Nov 14, 2022
Positive portrayals of priests on TV and movies are rarer...
Nov 9, 2022
The wonder of life is imprinted on every person. Even the...
Nov 3, 2022
Events like Native American Heritage Month, this November,...
Nov 2, 2022
There is a staggering number of Christmas movies on TV this...
Oct 27, 2022
In this month's round-up of news in the faith and family...
Oct 19, 2022
USC film-school grad and FTP producer-at-large Father Vince...
Oct 17, 2022
Last year, Paulist Productions released Hollywood Priest:...
Oct 13, 2022
Parents always want their children to be out of harm’s way,...
Sep 29, 2022
Since the mid-90’s, Lucas Black has starred in a string of...
Sep 28, 2022
In this month's faith and family media news: The Chosen...
Sep 23, 2022
TV and movies have always been fascinated with Catholic...
Sep 19, 2022
Celebrated British author Jane Austen may not have been a...
Sep 16, 2022
If you’re like many families with pre-teens and older at...
Sep 12, 2022
There’s no doubt Hollywood is a dog-eat-dog environment,...
Sep 8, 2022
On Sept. 8, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of...
Sep 6, 2022
| by Dave Kindy
David McCullough and I were close friends. Naturally, I...
Sep 1, 2022
On Thursday, Sept. 1 (formerly Sept. 2), Amazon Studios' ...
Aug 26, 2022
This month, Bishop Barron appears to break news with Padre...
Aug 24, 2022
The Walt Disney Company, founded as Disney Brothers Studio...
Aug 18, 2022
Write about entertainment for two-plus decades -- and watch...
Aug 17, 2022
Many Christian films have hit theaters as Fathom Events,...
Aug 11, 2022
ABC's Abbott Elementary has attracted the attention of both...
Aug 10, 2022
Bringing an oasis of fun to the blazing “dog days” of...
Aug 5, 2022
On Aug. 2, 2022, sportscaster Vin Scully died at the age of...
Aug 2, 2022
It’s an exciting time in animation, as elaborate films like
Jul 27, 2022
In this month's roundup of faith & family entertainment...
Jul 22, 2022
Produced by the Knights of the Columbus and available to...
Jul 20, 2022
| by D. Sariego
Editor's Note: In this guest post, our 14-year-old...
Jul 18, 2022
A common modern-movie dilemma: You take on some well-known...
Jul 14, 2022
A spectacular adventure film driven by memorable characters...
Jul 6, 2022
Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton once observed, "It is the...
Jun 30, 2022
The grill is fired up, stores are decked out in...
Jun 28, 2022
This month in faith & family entertainment news: The Chosen...
Jun 22, 2022
As weekly scripted shows mostly go on hiatus, summer TV has...
Jun 17, 2022
We finally won an Emmy. It only took 75 years. Of course,...
Jun 16, 2022
In 2015, upstate New York native Alex Dee came to Los...
Jun 10, 2022
Parents can safely send their kids to the Lovely Little Farm
Jun 3, 2022
For those of you who weren’t alive in the 1980s -- or were...
May 26, 2022
In this month's roundup of faith & family entertainment...
May 23, 2022
In the modern world, why would a young man choose to be a...
May 19, 2022
There's one big problem with filming dinosaur behavior:...
May 17, 2022
HBO has announced the start of filming on season two of its...
May 11, 2022
So, you're a filmmaker that wants to make movies for adults...
May 5, 2022
Ready to throw your cap in the air? The pomp and...
May 3, 2022
On April 27, 2022, at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt...
Apr 26, 2022
We're pleased to announce that our acclaimed sports...
Apr 25, 2022
In this month's faith and family entertainment round-up,...
Apr 12, 2022
Academy Awards ratings rebounded from historically low...

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Family Theater creates family and faith-friendly film, television, and digital media.  We produce some values stories for more mainstream audiences, and some projects especially for those who want a more explicit exploration of faith in life today.  We all increase our reach and impact when we collaborate with others.  Whether it be through the many interns that work with us each year, or the media organizations we partner with, we look forward to discussing potential collaborations.
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