The 2020 nominees for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature showcase a wide array of topics, from the injustices of incarceration to the blossoming friendship between a man and an octopus.
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Like saints and poets, Frederick Wiseman looks at life moment by moment
Frederick Wiseman’s patient, deliberate lens into everyday life reveals glory in the mundane.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe is the subject of a new film. It’s…predictable.
“Lady of Guadalupe” is not an episode of “Law & Order: Sacred Visions Unit,” or anything close, though it might inspire devotion to Our Lady.
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‘Francesco’ review: New Pope Francis documentary is an intimate look at a globetrotting papacy
“Francesco” dissolves much of the distance between the pope and the people of all faiths who embrace him.
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The 8 best movies about nuns
Classic “nun movies” are awash in sentimentality and melodrama, barely scratching the surface of their protagonists’ inner lives. But Patricia Lawler Kenet writes that she could not get enough of them.
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Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ is a deep exploration of trauma (and how we traumatize others)
Wanda is a woman filled with paradox. Her creations show the immense power of her imagination and are rooted in a desire to set the world right—even if it is in her own image.
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HBO’s ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is a Christ-like tale of betrayal — minus the redemption
The “messiah” of the title is Fred Hampton, a Black Panther leader, orator, organizer and, in 1969, a 21-year-old murder victim at the hands of Chicago police.
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‘Minari’: A delicate look at a Korean-American family’s fierce love and complex faith
Arkansas is a land of opportunity for the Yis, as well as the site of their suffering.
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Golden Globe winner ‘Nomadland’ is a portrait of late-stage capitalism in America
“Nomadland” is the kind of movie that wins awards and no one ever watches it again. It’s cruel but true.
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Father James Martin talks with the creator of Pixar’s ‘Soul’ about finding God in all things
Pete Docter was inspired by Father Martin’s book The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and its insights about Ignatian spirituality.