The New York Times documentary on Britney Spears isn’t about her music. It’s is largely about the media, and the people who consume it.
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A great Catholic film from the late Christopher Plummer
“The Scarlet and The Black,” available on Amazon Prime, tells the story of an Irish priest, Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty, who was in the Vatican diplomatic service in World War II.
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Review: ‘Saint Maud’ delivers intelligent and unsettling Catholic horror
“Saint Maud” is the latest entrant in the religious-obsessives-are-the-craziest-people movie catalogue.
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‘News of the World’: Can Tom Hanks and a family-friendly Western heal our nation’s divide?
“News of the World” succeeds in marrying the classic action-adventure conventions of the American Western with a deeper, human story about the ties that bind us, even in the midst of persistent unrest.
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Your guide to pro-life films and TV shows on Netflix and Amazon
You do not have to look hard to find movies and television shows that celebrate the (sometimes unexpected) gift of life.
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Movies we think Pope Francis would love
We’re told the pope abstains from TV, but likes a good movie. Here’s some suggestions from America staff and contributors.
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Amazon Prime’s ‘Sound of Metal’ explores a musician’s journey into deafness—and himself
An austere film about a drummer going deaf finds revelation in the quiet moments.
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Ignatian spirituality in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’: The line between greed and the true more of ‘magis’
She has faced ultra-powerful, god-like monsters. This time the true opponent is quite different.
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2020 in review: Some of the best films you should see from a surreal year for cinema
Have we seen the end of motion pictures as we knew them?
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Pixar’s ‘Soul’ imagines life after death (and before birth). What does Catholic teaching say?
“Our bodies are mortal, but our soul is, by its nature, immortal and created to spend eternity with God,” says Dawn Eden Goldstein.