1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 James and Thomas discuss a minor classic of religious cinema, the spiritually edifying (and humorous!) Russian film The Island, about a fictional Orthodox monk and “holy fool” who has special spiritual gifts, but remains racked with guilt over a terrible crime he committed in his youth. The Island can be viewed on YouTube (the subtitles are a different translation from the ones on Amazon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz-vegualMg&amp;amp;ab_channel=SergeyKorsakov SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter:&amp;nbsp;https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE to keep this podcast going:&amp;nbsp;https://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Music is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast http://catholicculture.org/criteria <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35784930/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/35784930