The toxic relationship between the F.B.I. and Martin Luther King Jr. is the subject of the highly-anticipated documentary “MLK/FBI.”
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Review: ‘Antebellum’ reveals the horror of American memory
A Confederate family kidnaps the film’s Black protagonist, Veronica Henley, a modern-day sociologist and New York Times bestselling author played by Janelle Monáe—and enslaves her in the “past.”
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Review: Flannery O’Connor meets Quentin Tarantino in Netflix’s ‘The Devil All the Time’
“The Devil All the Time” is a story of fathers and sons, serial killers, religious frauds and fundamentalist lunatics.
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Review: ‘Mulan’ is uncritical of China—and unmemorable
One can compare the film’s Chinese nationalism to jingoistic American movies by directors like Michael Bay.
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For this Portugese character actor, ‘Fatima’ feels like home
Known for playing Latin American villains, Jose de Almeida plays a priest in ‘Fatima’ and a cardinal in ‘Warrior Nun.’
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Review: ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ takes a micro approach to a classic
“Copperfield” on the page or on the screen is a moral fable, the story of a boy growing into a moral man
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Review: ‘Fatima’ scores a point for faith by exploring doubt
‘Fatima,’ gives both the innocent faithful and the innocently faithless their due.
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In ‘Boys State,’ politics is not child’s play
In a new award-winning documentary about Texas Boys State, democracy is fraught with conflict.
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Your guide to social justice films on Netflix, Amazon and Hulu
These stories remind us that while the fight for justice is never over, individuals can make a difference, often with the help of their faith.
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Catholic Sex, Catholic Guilt and Catholic School: A review of indie comedy ‘Yes, God, Yes’
For young Catholics, puberty can feel like a minefield where one wrong sexually-charged step could have everlasting consequences.