“Mr. Scorsese,” the new five-episode “film portrait” on Apple TV+, examines the many contradictory facets of director Martin Scorsese’s artistic persona.
John Dougherty
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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In ‘Dark Waters,’ the truth will set you free—but at a cost
The truth makes demands of us. In ”Dark Waters,” that discomfort is enough of a reason to turn a blind eye.
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Watching ‘Taxi Driver’ after the assassination of Charlie Kirk
“Taxi Driver” is one of the best portraits of a uniquely American kind of alienation.
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In ‘St. Vincent,’ anyone can be a saint. Even Bill Murray.
Vincent almost gleefully repels everyone he meets. But as the semi-ironic title of Theodore Melfi’s “St. Vincent” implies, there’s more to him than a first impression might suggest.
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20 years after Hurricane Katrina, documentary ‘Trouble the Water’ inspires righteous rage—and hope
’Trouble the Water’ follows a married couple from the Lower Ninth Ward as they try to piece their lives back together following the storm.
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In ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour,’ memory is a wound that will not heal.
In ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour,’ memory is a wound that will not heal.
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‘The Bad Guys 2’ is the best family movie of the summer—and a lesson in restorative justice
The ”Bad Guys” films ask, how do we determine who the “bad guys” are? And if you’re marked as “bad” from the start, can you ever make good?
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Catholic Movie Club: St. Paul on the road to Damascus—but make it sci-fi
In Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” an ordinary electrician has a transcendent encounter—with U.F.O.s, not God.
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The new ‘Superman’ is best when it’s most human
The first time we see the titular hero of James Gunn’s new film “Superman,” he doesn’t descend from the heavens. He plummets.
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‘Stand By Me’: a film about losing childhood innocence—and discovering what is truly good
Being a kid in the summer is all about existing in an eternal present moment, a feeling of freedom and potential that it will never go away.