Sisters chat about 'Doubt'

Couldn't we all use a little divine intervention at this point in the awards season?

We've found it -- praise be! -- in the form of a blog written by Sister Rose Pacatte, a Culver City-based Catholic nun, media literacy educator and co-author of "Lights, Camera...Faith!" whose taste runs the gamut from presumptive Oscar nominee "Slumdog Millionaire" and boxoffice blockbuster "The Dark Knight" to indies "Son of Rambow" and "The Visitor."

In fact, those flicks are on her best-of-2008 list, as is "WALL-E," "Happy-Go-Lucky" and "In Bruges," which she says shows "unexpected redemption amid violence." So much for major media critics having the market cornered on good taste. (Note to self: Get a copy of "Pranzo di Ferragosto," a distributor-less Italian drama that premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Sister Rose really dug it).

And so much for believing that nuns are, well, cloistered. Sister Rose is a huge Heath Ledger fan!

The big question: What did she think of "Doubt," the John Patrick Shanley drama adaptation of his award-winning stage play that doesn't dance around the thorny subject of pedophilia in the church?

She gives it the spiritual once-over here, and says it raises important questions about faith, duty and morality. In short, she liked it. She really liked it!

To find out what some other members of the cloth think of "Doubt," check in on the blog discussion scheduled for tomorrow on A Nun's Life. Special guests: The Sisters of Charity!

Go in peace.