For all its deft crafting of real-life detail, Eliza Hittman’s film never admits any reality besides abortion as saving grace.
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The 1995 film ‘Safe’ has new meaning during our coronavirus isolation
Todd Haynes’s second feature film, starring Julianne Moore as a woman isolated by a mysterious illness, resonates anew in our sudden quarantine, writes America’s Ryan Di Corpo.
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Beyond ‘The Exorcist,’ Max von Sydow embodied the complexities of faith
Brooding, interior and utterly focused, Mr. von Sydow is a stirring presence on screen, with a weathered face apt to illustrate inner spiritual turmoil.
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The Top 25 Films from the Last 25 Years
One hundred years after the birth of cinema, the Vatican released a commemorative list of 45 great films. Now, 25 years later, America Media is here to expand the Vatican’s list with the most groundbreaking, impressive and beautiful films released since 1995.
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‘I Am Patrick’ Review: The muscular faith of Ireland’s patron saint
Patrick deserves better than green beer and leprechauns, and he gets it in a new documentary.
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In ‘Sister,’ state retribution is no match for Helen Prejean
To its benefit, “Sister,” directed by Joe Cardona and José L. Vázquez, does not focus exclusively on Sister Helen’s work against the death penalty but also discusses her early life and spiritual formation.
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The faith-haunted, stomach-churning cinema of Abel Ferrara
For the director of ‘Bad Lieutenant’ and other remarkable films, religion should not be couched in exclusively negative or positive terms.
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A beloved London neighborhood is the star of ‘The Street’
Filmed over four years, the film is about the change that has come to Hoxton, the city’s latest chic, hipsterish district.
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‘Corpus Christi’ review: A thrilling allegory of faith
“Corpus Christi” is not a critique of Catholicism, though; it may not even be a deliberately Catholic film, writes film critic John Anderson.
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Review: In ‘The Traitor,’ the truth may not set you free
As did Martin Scorsese in “The Irishman,” director Marco Bellochio poses challenging questions about guilt and the nature of truth in “The Traitor,” a film which does much to remove the glossy veneer of organized crime.