Christianity, with its promise of a new life and an overwhelming love, attracts tumultuous people who feel driven by longings their loved ones can’t understand. What do our churches do with these burning souls?

Raoul Peck is the director of "I Am Not Your Negro," out in theaters this Friday.

"Little Sister" tells the story of Colleen, a young woman religious returning home after joining the Sisters of Mercy.

Thanks to the arcane rules behind the foreign-language Oscar, sentimentality usually reigns supreme.

Even some thoughtful Christian observers seem to have missed a few essential themes.